Feeding the Baby

[Doug Brown]

Here's a shot from Elephant Head that I was really hoping to get. I observed a baby House Finch begging for food repeatedly during my time at the pond. Thankfully for this frame, the baby picked a nice perch with a clean BG to do its begging. I was also fortunate that it was a handsome male that did the feeding. My last bit of luck was that I had my camera set for flight and was shooting wide open with a fast shutter speed; both birds compensated for my shallow DOF by being in my precise plane of focus.

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[gail bisson]

Really nice image Doug.
I like it for all the reasons you do- good BG, great look at both faces, good behavior and nice perch and pano crop,
Gail

[Randy Stout]

Doug:

A lot of different factors had to come together on this one to make it succeed, and they did. Nice action, techs, perch, BG, being prepared.

Cheers

Randy

[dankearl]

I like the lighting and the Chick pose a lot.
Very well done.

[Karl Egressy]

Great interaction image. Nice light and excellent details in the young bird, Doug.

[Arno Ellmer]

Great behavioural capture Doug.Superb in all respects !

[arash_hazeghi]

sweet pose and interaction excellent you got both sharp. Shows the IQ of the 5D!

[Morkel Erasmus]

It really came together for you here, Doug.
Fabulous image. :5

[Colin Knight]

Very nicely done! TFS

[Jonathan Ashton]

A real gem of a shot, love the poses and the light is excellent.

[Satish Ranadive]

Great behavioural action captured.Wonderful image. Lovely expression of father and baby. Loved everything in the frame.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Doug, well timed for the feeding behaviour, and I like the overall detail on both birds. The colours on the male stand out nicely, and an interesting looking perch.

[Kiran Poonacha]

loved the moment captured here doug bhai, sweet light too..

[Doug Brown]

Thanks for the comments everyone!