Loonaaploosa #5 - The big stretch - common loon chick

[Randy Stout]

This chick is probably about 3.5 weeks old. He was stretching and doing some flapping, very cute. Always amazing that those little stubby wings will grow so big and long!

D4 500 f/4 1/1250s f/5.6 Pedestal mounted in the bottom of my little boat, Loonie Too.

Post:

Selective sharpening, touch of tonal contrast, crop about 10% for comp, smoothed upper background a bit.

Always interesting to sharpen these fuzzy little guys. Easy to overdo it and make them rather crunchy looking.

Advice and comments always appreciated.

Cheers

Randy

[gail bisson]

Hi Randy,
I love this one! It is so different and unusual. I love how his head is raised from the water and the putstretched wings are so funny looking- at first I thought they were the legs!
Sharpening looks good.
POV excellent.
Well done!
Gail

[dankearl]

Cute image for sure, Randy.
I like the pano crop and the color is very pleasing.
I think a tad more contrast would look nice.

[Grace Scalzo]

Randy, I am totally enjoying this series. What a sweet image here. I could see a very slight trim from the right.

[Rachel Hollander]

Randy - very cute and unusual. Nice job on the sharpening, it doesn't look crunchy at all. You really do get an amazing pov from the boat. I presume you left the floating debris on the rhs in on purpose but it can easily be removed.

TFS,
Rachel

[Dave Leroy]

What a neat photo and good for you to get it. My first thought was someone was trying out for the Olympics- butterfly stroke.
POV is excellent as is sharpness. A really different set of colors with lots of midtones so I could see something to get a bit more contrast or vibrance.

[Marina Scarr]

This is over the top behavior, Randy. Sharpening looks good but I would tone it down a tad. I am truly envious of this one!!!

[Tom Rambaut]

Just great - big smile on my face rigt now looking at this. Seem like a very cool species of bird. Wish we had them down here.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

This is different and cute and fun. I like it a lot. Very nice image Randy.

[Ofer Levy]

Hi Randy,
Pose is very nice but iamge looks like it needs some more processing. Also cropped a bit tighter and removed some of the brown areas at the top.

[arash_hazeghi]

that is some crazy pose! I like Ofer's repost

[christopher galeski]

nice capture,like Ofer's repost.well done.

[Chris Martinez]

Wow when I saw this I loved it but then I saw the repost and thought double wow.

Super cute pose. I thought the little one was doing butterfly

[rajandesai]

Another unique one from you. Love it.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Randy, just love the pose with the raised head above the water, together with those tiny fluffy raised wings. I feel you have the sharpening spot on.

[Randy Stout]

Thanks everyone. Really appreciate the thoughts, advice and repost (Ofer)

I will do a little more tweaking on my final version.

These guys can be great fun to watch.

Cheers

Randy

[Jim Crosswell]

Excellent image Randy! I like the interesting pose, low angle and sharpness. I like Ofers repost.