Common Loon

[Alan Murphy]

Common Loon



Kamloops, BC


D800, 600, ISO 800, f7, 1/800

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Far too cute, Alan. Love the eye contact from both. Minor nit would remove the vertical white line intersecting reflection of head.




Geoffrey

[Frank Schauf]

Perfect pose and colors, Alan.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Love your image, the complimenting colors, the chick riding on the back of the adult. Wish it were mine, thanks for sharing.

[Diane Miller]

Gorgeous, and so cute, how the babies ride like that! Ditto on the line. I'm not so sure about the color cast, although it may have been accurate for the light.

[Randy Stout]

Alan:

Excellent pose, head angles, shooting angle.

Is this from this season? If so, the loons there are well ahead of the Michigan loons that I follow, as they are still on the nest and probably have at least 7-10 days before hatching. This chick is probably 6-8 days old already.

The color cast does look unusual. Not uncommon to get some, but this seems remarkable.

Cheers

Randy

[Alan Murphy]

Hey Randy, thanks. I'm about to head up to Canada for my Loon workshops and decided to post one from last year.

[christopher galeski]

Beautiful image,nice light,nice comp.

[Ron E Racine]

Superb image Alan. The colors and light are excellent and so is the composition. If it were mine I might just add a touch more room in front of the loon, but just my personal preference.

Taken not far from where I am here in Kelowna, BC.

[Binu John]

Beautiful shot, Alan! Excellent pose, POV and head angles and wonderful IQ as usual!

[arash_hazeghi]

lovely light pose and details, the chick takes this one to the top

[Ivan Ellison]

All has been said, a great image the chick is the icing on the cake - or the loons back. Well captured , a lesson in how to do it.