Beak to Beak

[Troy Lim]

This adult works hard to feed 6 chicks because the other one has an injured leg. Luckily the area has plenty of snails for the family.

Camera Nikon D3S
Exposure 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture f/6.3
Focal Length 600 mm
ISO Speed 1600
Exposure Bias +2/3 EV
Flash No Flash

[Randy Stout]

TROY:

Although I liked the feeding action of the chick in the previous post, overall I find this one more pleasing, excellent composition, BG, direct interaction of birds, no OOF vegetation blocking the adults head.
The light is very nice, sharp, well exposed. The only small thing I might tweak would be to slightly darken the OOF material in the LLC so it matches the luminosity of the dirt behind it, would seem more seamless that way, and perhaps balance the masses of the birds a bit.

Well done, very nice image

Randy

[Karl Egressy]

Great interaction shot, love it!!!! The OOF brown blob at teh bottom left is a bit distracting. I'm wondering if you could somehow clone it out.

[Nico Steenberg]

Interaction well captured. Subject is sharp well exposed and with good DOF. I like the soft colours. Well done !

[Nancy Bell]

A really fantastic moment captured! Beautifully done. Lovely fuzzy details on the chick and I really like that both heads are facing the same way, highlights in both eyes. The pale green bkgd sets off the birds beautifully. I agree that the OOF brownish blob in the LRC is distracting. Funny, I cannot see your entire image on my screen. This happens with only some of the images posted and I am not sure what causes this.

[Troy Lim]

Thank you all for your suggestion. I will revisit...b. Nancy, I am not sure, could it be the difference btw the resolution? I am posting at 1000px wide.

[Satish Ranadive]

Wonderful shot.Love the interaction of mom and chick.

Regards,
Satish.