Stuffed

Gallery: AvianPosted July 8, 2017321 views11 comments

Lac LeJeune, British Columbia
D800
500mm
Subject dist: 20m
1/80 sec, f/8
Mode: Av
Metering: Multi-segment
ISO: 400
White balance: Auto
Flash: Off

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Bill Leggett on July 8, 2017 at 7:34 PM

Cool capture, Sandy. This kid is certainly well fed. I like head turn and the outstretched feet. May be too much to ask, but more free space RHS would help. Fun stuff cool

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Comment posted by Shirley Freeman on July 8, 2017 at 8:08 PM

Beautiful capture, Sandy! Love those legs stretched out on the baby.

Registered on May 27, 2017, 77 Posts, 844 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 8, 2017 at 11:00 PM

Very cute, Sandy. The plumage detail in both the adult and chick look excellent and I like hte way you were able to pick up the colors in the adult's head and neck.

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on July 9, 2017 at 12:09 AM

Very cure Sandy! I hope (I get to photograph these guys one day). Looks like the light you had was a bit flat. I might consider adding some contrast and a touch of vibrancy and saturation.

Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments

Comment posted by John Robinson on July 9, 2017 at 6:11 AM

Hi Sandy
Love the way the youngster is riding. I agree a bit more |"oomph" would help. Easily done.
Great stuff anyway
John

Registered on March 2, 2008, 535 Posts, 2453 Comments

Comment posted by Peter J. Morrissey on July 9, 2017 at 10:33 AM

Hi Sandy
Nice work, you can't go wrong with chick going for a ride.
Peter

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Comment posted by Allen Brooks on July 9, 2017 at 10:44 AM

Fine look at parent and chick. I like the colors of the water as well and how they are similar to the coloring of the loon.

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Comment posted by David Schoen on July 9, 2017 at 6:30 PM

I like the composition of this image a lot and you caught a really special moment for this Loon. I think the whites are a little hot especially on the breast of the Loon. On my monitor at least which I believe is recently calibrated there is a lack of detail in the whites. The other colors however are just fine. Since no one else commented about this, it could be me. I've only seen about two or three loons up in my neck of the woods near Olympia and I've never seen one with juveniles on its back. To me that would be a special sighting.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on July 10, 2017 at 2:02 AM

Love that rolly polly pose of the youngster on is mothers back. I really like the watercolor too.

Very nice work Sandy!

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Comment posted by David Bogener on July 11, 2017 at 1:47 PM

Love it. Nice poses on both loons and just the right angle of light on the adults head to show of the iridescence. Perhaps just a little bit more room all around, but I do like it just as it is.

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Comment posted by Ed Williams on July 12, 2017 at 12:46 AM

How absolutely precious Sandy. This is wonderful. Not to mention your photography of it. Beautiful. Looks like a mother's day card to me.

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