Surfin' USA

[Marina Scarr]

Photographing this AMOY family was a true joy, especially this particular morning when the light was great and the chicks were feeding. You can still see remnants of breakfast on the chick's beak. The chick is 3-1/2 weeks old here, and it's nice to see the comparison with the adult male at that age.

This capture won the Bird Watching division of the Florida Wildlife Magazine contest this year.

Canon 40D, Canon 400DO F4
F5.6, 1/800sec, ISO 400, manual mode
Hand held down on my belly

C & C most welcomed and appreciated.

Marina Scarr
www.marinascarrphotography.com (http://www.marinascarrphotography.com)

[Ofer Levy]

This is so nice!! Great light and colours and the 2 birds together is so lovely. The critical focus seems to be on the parent leaving the chick a bit soft but still a lovely image.

[arash_hazeghi]

very cute shot Marina!

[Troy Lim]

Congrats Marina.

Agree on the focus was on the parents but still a nice image, a great tender moment!

[Grace Scalzo]

Very colorful and interesting image, Marina. A well deserved honor for you.

[Karl Egressy]

Beauty shot Marina. Well deserved winning.

[Jim Crosswell]

Beautiful image Marina! I like the colours in this one.

[Arthur Morris]

Congrats. I love the juxtaposition and the bold colors. The heads of both birds look to me as if they have been lightened a bit too much...

[stuart wanuck]

very nice marina

[denise ippolito]

Marina, Congratulations and well deserved. Beautiful capture. I agree about the chicks head but it is still a great image!:S3:

[christopher galeski]

nice image Marina,like the light.thanks.

[Mark Young]

This is a very nice image showing the chick and adult parallel to each other.

[Marina Scarr]

This is so nice!! Great light and colours and the 2 birds together is so lovely. The critical focus seems to be on the parent leaving the chick a bit soft but still a lovely image.

You are absolutely right on the critical focus. I was remiss when I worked this one up at 1024 for BPN in not giving the chick another round of sharpening.


Congrats. I love the juxtaposition and the bold colors. The heads of both birds look to me as if they have been lightened a bit too much...

I just checked my file, Artie, and no heads were lightened or any of the photo for that matter. Maybe I could go a tad lighter on the entire photo.

Thank you everyone for your critiques and comments.

[noelle zaleski]

Marina,

It is a wonderful image! I really love that you have captured them at the waters edge :S3:

[Paul Zappala]

Marina,

Very nice capture. Many congrats!!

Paul
www.paulzappala.com