Juvenile Fantails

[Jason Searle]

This was a rare find for me, fantails at the best of times can be difficult to capture as they are always moving, let alone finding three all lined up and snuggling together waiting for the mother to return with food. I am not entirely happy with the image, the BG is not the best, there was a lot of leaves,twigs etc in there general location as they were within a bush when this was shot. I managed to get several frames off and this was one of my favs.

Canon 1dmk3 Iso 400 420mm f/7 1/100 fill flash

[Nikolay Staykov - shotlandetsa]

oh, camooon :D
this is incredibly fantastic image !!! The moment is just one of its kind !!!

[allanrube]

As cute as it gets.

[Harold Davis]

wonderful capture, jason! i think the cuteness of your subjects far outweigh the bg! nice job!

[Chris Hansen]

This image has cuteness written all over it. Great work in finding them in a bush. Your persistence paid off in a great image.

God bless,

Chris

[Joanna Trescott]

Great capture. Absolutely adorable. I am sure you could tone down the BG, but it doesn't bother me too much.

[Tony Whitehead]

This is great, Jason. I really like the straight ahead look of the meat in the sandwich. I agree with you about the BG. Have tried a version desaturating and darkening the greens and yellows in the BG and burning in the corners. Added some selective sharpening to the centre bird as he is not quite as sharp as his sibs. From a technical view I would probably have used ISO 800 and bought a bit more DOF by closing down 1 stop. Things were obviously a bit dark with the 1/100.

[Bill Sharkey]

Excellent shot, great behavior and exposure ... too bad you couldn't get the tail in focus too :)

Bill

[Aidan Briggs]

Nice job getting all three in the frame. The BG is a bit distracting, though in the repost it looks a little better.