The Morning Kiss

[laurie golden]

As the chicks come out of the burrow in the morning they run up and kiss mom who has been standing guard while they nap. These burrowing owls are in an agricultural area in Eastern Washington near a gravel road with wheat fields in the background.

Nikon D3S, 500mm f4 plus 1.7 converter for 850mm
ISO 800, F8, 1/320 sec
Manual Exposure

[dankearl]

Terrific photo, Laurie. Sweet behavior, nice DOF and focus to get all sharp and an attractive BG for these guys.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

What a terrific, tender moment captured here Laurie. Great job getting all the heads sharp and feet showing. Great bg and nice comp. Excellent work.

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Just brilliant to get such images !!!!

[christopher galeski]

great image,nice BG,well done.

[Grace Scalzo]

Such a pleasing image, Laurie. Superb behavior, great expressions. Your technique in getting them all in focus and sharp at 1/320 is impressive. Super well done!!

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Laurie, you captured the tender moment nicely - well timed. I like your angle of capture to have all four against your wheat BG, and great that they all fall in your DOF range. How fortunate you are. :w3

[Bill Dix]

What a sweet moment captured. Terrific DOF, background, composition. Very nicely done.

[jack williamson]

This is a really nice moment you caught. Well exposed and sharp. I like the slope of the mound and the bg is nice and smooth.

Jack

[laurie golden]

Thank you all for you kind words and encouragement to look for more opportunities to photograph birds.

[PhilCook]

Love the interaction and the techs are great...dont your Owls sleep over there ?

[arash_hazeghi]

awe! this is really cute well captured!

[Satish Ranadive]

Gorgeous interaction captured.Love it.

Regards,
Satish.