Trials of a Tri-colored Mom

[Robert Amoruso]

Baby mugs mom at Gatorland May 2008

Canon 1D Mark III
840mm
1/640 sec, f/8
Manual, Evaluative
ISO: 800
Cloudy
Manual Flash: On

[James Salywoda]

Outstanding Shot! I love the seperation between the two and the action captured as this youngster gets rough with mom begging for food I'm sure.:)

[Trey Barron]

Love the interaction on this one Robert. Is that a hook on the juvi's leg or something else. Great work.

[Dave Mills]

Hey Robert...You have a winner with this one. I love the interaction and the post the adult is balancing on. You also cropped the image to my liking with good exposure. Well done!!

[Robert Amoruso]

Love the interaction on this one Robert. Is that a hook on the juvi's leg or something else. Great work.

No Trey. I noticed that when I processed it - just some stuff from a tree. Clone or not to clone... that is the question?

[Steve Maxson]

Clone. :) Very cool action captured here and with excellent sharpness and DOF. The high-key look works well on this one.

[Trey Barron]

I don't think it hurts to leave it in since it is not a distraction. That said, I would remove it since the BG is so light. Just one opinion and love it either way.

[AJ Kunkel]

Exciting interaction you have captured! I vote for a clone just because it looks odd hanging there.

[Robert Amoruso]

Clone accomplished.

[Melvin Grey]

Great composition and overall image quality. I just love images showing interaction, behaviour etc. - this certainly has that - plus!

[Mike Tracy]

As good a photo from the rookery that I have seen. I love the composition with the perch, placement of the adults legs and the behavior of the baby. Nice colors and texture to the entire image.

Knowing how Gatorland tends to have "cluttered" backgrounds with all the foliage present is this the actual sky or did you place your subjects on a new canvas ?

[Arthur Morris]

You made a fantastic image in a great situation. Rookeries are generally cluttered places; finding the birds on a post was a God-send. Love the white sky and the two perfect head angles. Add a perfect high key EXP and you have a real winner.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Robert,
Saw this one earlier........Don't get much better than this!!!.......unbelievably clean....interaction/light...and another yes to the clone! (although not 100% necessary....just now it's perfect!).........Best I've seen of this species!