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    Dad has brought this fish for the two day old chick, after much struggling the chick gave up and mother ate it. Dad went off to catch a smaller one. I think that the male has the expression of a harassed father. Taken in very bright and contrasty early morning light which was difficult for the exposure.

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    Thats a great family shot David. Shows it all. How many chicks have they ? Can'tr find anything but a teeny little sugestion. Smooth out the shadow across the birds head. Should be quite easy. No big deal- just that now I,ve seen it- you know the rest !
    A lovely piece of work all around.
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    Ps Looks like a Perch so there will be a spikey fin problem. Thats maybe why the chick refused it ?

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    David the light might have been bright but you handled it very well,agree the expression on the males face is priceless.

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    Thanks John and Keith. Two chicks hatched and they sat on the other two eggs for almost a week. I kept going back to check and then had to miss three days; on my next visit the family had gone so I don't know if the other two eggs hatched or not.

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    Exposure looks fine. Too bad Dad did not hold he fish a little closer to the camera; that would have resulted in two better head angles. Bummer on the bad luck shadow on the face of the bird on the nest. Fine feather detail looks a bit smooth... Did you do anything to blur the BKGR or is it all natural?
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    nice family interaction shot,like the water drops on the males head,some nice detail,TFS.

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    Well done David, you captured a special moment. I could look at this for a while, very pleasing. I am set up near a nest as well, but so far, no chicks. I can't actually see the nest, but can hear them

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    what a moment Divide, this is and great moment you catch here.....
    Loved it in all aspect .... TFS.

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    David:

    Great interaction shot. Always a challenge to get all the head angles right for this complex of a shot. ( I have a lot of loon feeding shots with same issue). But, still very effective.

    Yes to perhaps smoothing the shadow a bit. I do agree that the bg is a bit unusual looking.

    Excellent shooting angle.

    Interesting about them remaining on the eggs that long. The loons will usually give it 2-3 days after the first one hatches, and then give up on the remaining egg. Often when the unhatched egg is examined, it will have been infertile.

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    David good job in tricky conditions, the background doesn't look quite right, I thnik it would be worth having another look at it. I don't know if you have downloaded the freebie Nik filters but I suspect they would do a good job there for you.

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