Sitting pretty - common loon and chick

[Randy Stout]

This common loon and chick was imaged in June, when the chick was just a couple of days old. He spent a significant amount of his time on one of the parents backs or tucked under a wing, both for warmth and protection from predators, mainly snapping turtles and pike.

D4 600 VR f/9 1/1000s ISO 800 Pedestal mounted in the bottom of my little boat, Loonie Too!


Post: LR/CS6 Cleaned up a few blotches in water, cropped for comp, selective sharpening of birds. Cleaned up second catchlight in adult and a long white catchlight streak in reflection of both birds

Advice and comments always appreciated.

Cheers

Randy

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Beautiful Randy. Nice low angle and I love the little one.

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

Randy,

Greetings. Sitting pretty, indeed. Great detail in whites and darks. Good show!

Cheers,

-Michael-

[Frank Schauf]

Great settings and nice deep shooting position.

[Steve Canuel]

Very nice Randy. Great exposure and nice head position on the little one.

[gail bisson]

What a wonderful image.
Exposure is perfect and love the clarity of the chick's eye and his HA.
Gail

[Sandy Witvoet]

Amazing.... Perfectly composed and imaged. Love how the baby is a bit looking up, like.... wow, here's my new world! Reflection is perfect too.
(I'm going thru baby Loon withdrawal already!) Hope you have more to share, Randy!

[Karen Forderer]

Great photo. I like how you can see that the baby is right inside the parent's feathers. Such nice detail of both birds.

[MohsenVahedipour]

Excellent light & IQ Randy. Nice POV with Perfect HA for both mom & chick. TFS

[Randy Stout]

Thanks everyone, your input is much appreciated. I did think it was rather cute the way the parents feathers flipped up over the chicks breast like a tiny blanket.

Cheers

Randy

[Girish Prahalad]

awesome image! superb low angle, poses on both the birds, exp & IQ.