Feeding One Twin

[Roman Kurywczak]

Taken Last week at Nickerson...I was waiting for this handoff.....and as you can tell there was a lot of vegetation. Mark 3 with the Sigma 300-800mm lens and the 1.4 tele maxed out at 1120mm. Set at ISO 800 and f11 for 1/800 sec. Flash was set......but did not fire. 80% full frame and grass removed out the parents back....which went all the way into the BG chick. I debated that one for a while.........decided to magically prune it! Catchlightalso added to parents eye only. Too much??
comments welcomed and appreciated

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great moment captured. The postprocessing looks fine. The biggest problem is that the critical focus seems to be in front of the birds.

[Maxis Gamez]

Hi Roman,

Aren't they cute!! I have to agree with Axel. The sand is sharper. :(

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

What a great opportunity Roman to see these little chicks. This a touching moment and I love the composition . Agree with above comments on the focus. Thanks for sharing this capture.

[Fabs Forns]

Tender moment. Agree with the issue pointed out. Also like the habitat included and the OOF chick in the back :)

[Jodee Novak]

Great job on the post processing, Roman - I agree with you on taking out some of the vegetation and adding a little catchlight to the adult's eye. And you captured a great moment - you waited a long time for that one! Also like the composition with the other baby in the bg.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Too bad for the mis-focus issue mentioned above. The timing was absolutely perfect with the chick's bill around the fish just about to grab it.

[Bob Malbon]

Roman, I love it! Bob