Cute Coot chick!!

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Posted by Graeme Lee on May 20, 2006 at 12:05 PM

Taken at Stover in Devon. One of five of the ugliest chicks I've ever seen

His parents love them obviously. This one climbed onto this half submerged log for a couple of frames. Cloned out a few branches in the BG but it was pretty black anyway!! Cropped 50% and usual PS processing

Comments welcome as always

Graeme

techs:
1d2, 500 + 1.4, ISO 200, 1/80th, F5.6, RAW, ASb1,Sidekick and G1325

Posted by Dave Courtenay on May 20, 2006 at 12:19 PM

Amazingly ugly at that age,The chick stands out well against the dark background and a nice diagonal with the branch

Posted by Mike Smith on May 20, 2006 at 12:58 PM

I'm not a huge fan of black backgrounds, but this one works really well as a backdrop to the oranges and reds of the chick. - nice one

Posted by Major Gilbert on May 21, 2006 at 9:12 AM

Ugly but nice if you no what I mean.
Dark background showing this portrait of well.

Major.

Posted by Dennis Alden on May 21, 2006 at 9:50 AM

Stands out nicely against the background, nice and sharp, good exposure and composition - all round a cracking image.

dennis

Posted by PhilH on May 22, 2006 at 3:29 AM

Nice.... the bg helps make the chick stand out.... nice light.

Posted by Elliott Neep on May 22, 2006 at 3:57 AM

BOY... YOU IS UGLY!

I think the dark background works well here as it really focusses the eye on on the technicolour mohican. Nice depth of field resulting in wonderful detail on the bird's feathers. Also like the way the birds grey down is matched by the colour of the tree bark

Posted by Vincent Jones on May 22, 2006 at 7:56 AM

Amazing how this fella will transform into a Moorhen

BG really compliments the chick & the detail captured is awesome, great perch to.

A shot to be very please of Graeme