Taken at the Venice Rookery in January. C/C always welcome and encouraged. This is one of a series, and I chose this one because you could see all three of the chicks' eyes. Those nestlings are certainly voracious! If I were the adult, I would be worried about my eye being poked.
Cropped moderately on the right, left and bottom, to about 50% of FF; no more room at the top. Not sure of the crop. I don't have the whole adult in the original frame. Moderate sharpening and noise reduction in Lr 4.2 (luminance noise 25, masking 50%). Boosted contrast and clarity. Reduced highlights to control whites. I also used the adjustment brush to brighten the eyes of the fledglings.
EOS 50D, ISO 400, EF 500 mm f/4L IS, 700 mm focal length, f/5.6 and 1/500 sec.
The group feeding shots are always a challenge to get good head angles on everyone, and I find the adult and the right chick work pretty well, the front chick not so well, although seeing the eye does help.
The crop is a bit challenging , wish the adults wing didn't exit the frame.
Well exposed.
You might consider posting the original frame to see if other cropping options jump out at us.
Very nice shot.
I really like the interaction captured here. Great head angles on the adult and top chick. The bottom chick's head angle does not bother as it tells the story of "what about me?".
Very well done.
What a tricky image to capture....so often the nictating membrane is closed on the adult and this happens so fast. I think your composition could be improved by trimming from the left (to where the adult's wing starts) and adding to the top as it feels tight there. Looking at it that way, my eye falls more easily on the interesting feeding behavior and nice curves of the necks. What do you think?
GBH feeding fledglings
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