This is a follow up of Phil's recently uploaded image 'Avocet v Predator'.
These were the four little avocet chicks that caused all the fuss when the Grey Heron got just that little bit too close for the parents comfort. It was wonderful to watch the parents guarding over them.
40D, 300 mm +1.4 t/c, ISO 100,1/400, f10..full frame.
Like it.... haven't seen Avocet chicks posted here before... love the setting, the OOf youngsters really add to the setting, showing that it is a family... they were wonderful parents
Really cute these guys, I'm sure the parents have their work cut out trying to protect them. Lovely shot, although I agree it would have been nice to fit the oof one on the right in, I expect they were running around like lunatics though!
Like some of you, I had doubts about the chick minus part of it's rear end. But had I have moved to the left slightly the main chick would have been wrongly placed in the frame. As Lewis rightly points out, they were running around like lunatics, and VERY fast too, so I had to grab the opportunity as and when I could, and made the best of the second they stopped for lol.
David.... you are quite right of course, so I have renamed it after a little thought. Thank you...silly me!
I like this one a lot. Lovely setting and the chicks in the background really add to the shot. The missing part of the chick on top isn't a problem for me.
Never seen a shot of these on their own before. I'm sure that heron would have had a few of these; they have to be the most under-rated predator in the bird world. I guess I would have preferred the whole chick in the bg but sometimes you take what you can get. I'm jealous anyway because I have never seen an avocet at all.
Nice stuff Fran
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11 repliesThese were the four little avocet chicks that caused all the fuss when the Grey Heron got just that little bit too close for the parents comfort. It was wonderful to watch the parents guarding over them.
40D, 300 mm +1.4 t/c, ISO 100,1/400, f10..full frame.
Fran
Brett
Cute - love the alert pose.
David
David
Hi Fran,
Awwww!
Really cute these guys, I'm sure the parents have their work cut out trying to protect them. Lovely shot, although I agree it would have been nice to fit the oof one on the right in, I expect they were running around like lunatics though!
Cheers,
Lewis.
Like some of you, I had doubts about the chick minus part of it's rear end. But had I have moved to the left slightly the main chick would have been wrongly placed in the frame. As Lewis rightly points out, they were running around like lunatics, and VERY fast too, so I had to grab the opportunity as and when I could, and made the best of the second they stopped for lol.
David.... you are quite right of course, so I have renamed it after a little thought. Thank you...silly me!
Regards to all.
Fran
Keith.
Nice stuff Fran