Common Loon
Gavia immer
Hawks, MI
I wanted a close-up of one of the day old loon chicks on its parents back so I put my 2x TC on and concentrated on the chick. There can be so many different things to shoot with a family of loons that it works well to focus on one aspect at a time. Chick portraits and adult head shots are easiest with longer glass and or a closer appraoach while feeding shots, family pictures and wing flaps are best done from a further distance and/or with a shorter lens.
Canon 1DIIN with 500 and 2.0TC, ISO 400, 1/320@ f/13, from prone position on a pontoon boat with lens on Wimberely head on a Skimmer.






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