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Mother and Child

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Posted by Ian Mason on August 26, 2009 at 7:35 PM
Mother and Child
1D2n, 600mm f4, 1/640s,f4, iso 200.

I managed to catch these in the part of the pond where the background was shaded from the evening sun, creating the complementary background colours. All comments are greatly valued.

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Posted by Craig Jones on August 27, 2009 at 4:22 AM
Beautiful light on the mother bringing out her lovely eye,I like the composition with them facing in different directions too,as ever a great POV,another brillant shot from you Ian :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Brett Lewis on August 27, 2009 at 5:14 AM
What an intimate encounter Ian and captured to your usual, very high standard. Love the light on this image as it captures all the detail you could ask for.. Look like mum is pulling on it's downy, hair-like, feathers :smile:

Kind regards,

Brett :toast: :toast:
Posted by Simon Phillpotts on August 27, 2009 at 6:59 AM
Lovely stuff again Ian, the exposure looks spot on and the composition is great. A nice moment captured too. :toast:

Simon
Posted by David Taylor on August 27, 2009 at 7:59 AM
An excellent BIF image. I like the grooming by the parent, icing on the cake. :smile:

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Posted by PhilH on August 27, 2009 at 8:00 AM
A bit of room possibly would be nice if you have it of course, excellent DoF for f4....

Really nice image.

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Posted by Kim Connolly on August 27, 2009 at 11:52 AM
I think this is super, terrific POV.I like the composition very much where the juvenile is a little distance away from the adult bird. I think Coots are often difficult to get right and this is a cracking job. :toast:
Posted by Tom Smit on August 27, 2009 at 12:26 PM
Great shot, specially the low PoV.
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Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on August 27, 2009 at 7:26 PM
Hi Ian a top class image.

Phil.

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Posted by Andy Astbury on August 27, 2009 at 8:02 PM
Just about perfect Ian imo - just that I think Julian has a point - t'is a bit tight :wavey: