Least tern - first steps in life are hard

[Lorant Voros]

Today's post is a little family portrait. As it shows the first steps in life are hard....thanks for the comments.

1DX
700mm
ISO640
f:9
1/1000
skimmer

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[William Dickson]

Yeah Yeah Yeah as Lennon would say 'Before You Cross the road, Take My hand' POV HA Pose perfect. The chicks feet :S3:

TFS

Will

[Isaac Grant]

Such a nice picture. I love the the parent, the egg and the baby and those feet falling back. Just crazy cute!!! Really about the nicest Least Tern shot I have seen as far as parent and eggs and chick. Image quality is very nice. Only thing I see is that the shot seems to have a blue cast and the whites have a bluish/grayish tint and don't seem white. In this situation I use NIK and use the white neutralizer filter in Color Efex. Typically I use it at much less than 100% opacity. Most times between 25-50% until the whites are white. I am sure there are other ways to do that but that is a very simple way that I do it.

[Geoffrey Montagu]

As cute as can be, Lorant. Great low angle, egg, sharp detail, and couldn't as for a better composition. Well done.

Geoffrey

[annmpacheco]

What an image Lorant, a terrific composition. Great chick behavior with those adoring eyes and those feet. I also like your focus and sweet BG too. Wonderful!

[Arthur Morris]

The raised feet of the chick and the egg add tremendously to this wonderful image.

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[Bill Dix]

Terrific find and capture, Lorant. Not often we get to see mom, chick and egg, all with nice head angles.:S3: It might be worth addressing that bluish cast, and possibly just a touch of sharpening on the mom's bill. But this is a great capture.

[Lorant Voros]

Thanks for the comments.

Here is a try with NIK white neutralizer filter as suggested by Isaac (at 40% opacity) and a little bill tip sharpening as suggested by Bill.

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[Marina Scarr]

Lorant, I prefer the first image and feels the colors are more reflective of what you were shooting. I love way the chick is falling back and the lone egg fully visible in the image make for a terrific image. You also have a pleasing FG and I like seeing the pebbles or shells in the environment.