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Least Tern Family
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Least Tern Family

by Michael Lotito

Gallery: AvianPosted June 24, 2010112 views15 comments
Canon 7D With EF 500mm F4 and 1.4 tc
1/2000 sec, F 10, ISO 400. From Ground Pod

The eggs in the least tern colony I have been monitoring have begun to hatch. I truly magical moment!

Critique is always welcome!

Comments

15 comments
Comment posted by S Govindarajan on June 24, 2010 at 2:10 PM
You have caught another fine moment, Michael. Super interaction bwteen the chick and parent, great low angle and a sense of habitat. Perfect techs and angle. You got a catch light on both parents too.

Thanks for sharing this! :toast:
Registered on April 19, 2008, 115 Posts, 1921 Comments
Comment posted by Luke Ormand on June 24, 2010 at 3:14 PM
Awesome shot with a great interaction and love that you have both parents and both chicks. Nice light as well

- Luke
Registered on February 4, 2009, 1093 Posts, 7035 Comments
Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on June 24, 2010 at 3:40 PM
A very nice capture, and I like the tonality of the shot very much. The OOF upper and lower areas don't work for me, though; I find them a bit distracting. Maybe a slightly higher angle?
Registered on August 28, 2006, 1240 Posts, 8506 Comments
Comment posted by David Chauvin on June 24, 2010 at 5:54 PM
Hey Mike,,,,this is my favorite of the series you've posted. :toast:
Registered on August 5, 2004, 1007 Posts, 5595 Comments
Comment posted by Buck Ward on June 24, 2010 at 6:02 PM
Terrific. Love your low angle and your composition of the birds. It would have been nice if the light could have been a little more forward, but you can't have everything.
Registered on December 8, 2003, 96 Posts, 1917 Comments
Comment posted by denise ippolito on June 24, 2010 at 7:21 PM
Nice moment captured. I think that the image is a bit tight on the sides and I might crop some of the OOF FG if it were mine. But the interaction is lovely. I almost missed the second chick. :smile:
Registered on December 17, 2009, 202 Posts, 1529 Comments
Comment posted by Jeff Loomis on June 25, 2010 at 9:54 AM
Wow, incredible timing! Everything looks great, except I agree with Denise about cropping the foreground (roughly half IMO). Awesome shot though. :toast:
Registered on January 26, 2010, 68 Posts, 719 Comments
Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on June 25, 2010 at 9:55 AM
Michael, Terrific moment you captured! Love the interaction and love the low angle. I might be tempted though to crop a bit of the oof FG though. nice work!
Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments
Comment posted by Ronnie Gaubert on June 25, 2010 at 11:51 AM
Hi Michael,
Great interraction with the feeding. Light looks good in this image. My favorite in the series.
Thanks for posting,
Ronnie G.
Registered on November 1, 2003, 810 Posts, 3495 Comments
Comment posted by Gary McGhee on June 25, 2010 at 1:00 PM
This is absolutely terrific Michael,

Gary.
Registered on April 15, 2010, 142 Posts, 2416 Comments
Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on June 25, 2010 at 5:14 PM
excellent, Michael. nice low angle, DOF, and interaction. I agree about taking some off the bottom.
Registered on March 21, 2009, 202 Posts, 4187 Comments
Comment posted by Nate Chappell on June 25, 2010 at 6:28 PM
A wonderful family interaction shot Michael, taking some off the bottom would put this over the top imo. :toast:
Registered on February 1, 2006, 1158 Posts, 19528 Comments
Comment posted by Stephen on June 25, 2010 at 10:00 PM
What wonderful interaction..I like the low angle as well.
Registered on November 11, 2007, 42 Posts, 803 Comments
Comment posted by Derrick Lipinski on June 26, 2010 at 1:12 AM
A very nicely timed behavior shot, Michael; FG comments already noted. :smile:
Registered on October 5, 2007, 58 Posts, 2039 Comments
Comment posted by Steve Balke on June 27, 2010 at 6:19 PM
Lovely capture, Michael. Perfect timing! All subjects in beautiful sharp focus---all with catchlights too I think! I wonder if a "pano crop" would work here. Neither the OOF foreground or the OOF background add much to this image. :toast:
Registered on June 18, 2009, 229 Posts, 2915 Comments