Andean Lapwing and young (Tero Serrano y cría)

[Ramon M. Casares]

Hi everybody! I have not been participating as I have been away for two weeks visiting the Puna in the north of Argentina, my favorite subject up there was the Andean Lapwing, I wanted to come back with some nice shot of this species as I find it so beautifull. Here we can see Mom & Son during the first sunrise light, hope you like it. Enjoy!

MarkII
70-200mm 2.8
2XTC (at 270mm)
Mini tripod
Tv 1/320 sec
Av f/8.0
ISO 320

Comments are welcome and Critiques are MUCH apreciated!

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Very sweet momen.......!
Nice light and colors too!

[Juan Aragonés]

Hey Ramon, nice to see you posting again. I was wondering about you. Can´t wait to see all the images that I am sure you have made in the travel.
I like the expression in the adult bird, terrific eye and details, and the little chick looking for shelter in mom´s breast. The red in the eyes, spur and bill compliments very nicely with the green BG and I cann´t resist to say that toning down the BG a bit would made the bird pop a lot.

Espero que tuvieras suerte con los flamencos :-)

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Muy buena Ramon, espero ver mas de tu trabajo pronto.
Great details and light on this one, a very tender moment.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great timing, I like the intimate mood, details and setting. Maybe a slightly wider crop?

[Ramon M. Casares]

Hi all, thanks for your comments!
Juan, I tried a little darker BG andv you were right, it does pop more so here's a repost.

Let me know your thoughts and/or any other comment or suggestion!
Thanks!

[Ramon M. Casares]

Hi all, thanks for your comments!
Juan, I tried a little darker BG andv you were right, it does pop more so here's a repost.

Let me know your thoughts and/or any other comment or suggestion!
Thanks!

[Tony House]

Detail and colours are superb, just curious, whats that poking out of the wing?

Nice work.
Tony

[Ramon M. Casares]

Detail and colours are superb, just curious, whats that poking out of the wing?

Nice work.
Tony

Tony, those are the spurs, they use them to intimidate predators but I have never seen actuall contact. Here's a southern lapwing and you can see the spurs too. http://www.birdphotographers.net/for...ad.php?t=20685

[Tony Whitehead]

Good job, Ramon. Nice to see you back posting. In the absence of a wider crop, I would trim a little from the top. DOF covers the subjects well.

[Tony House]

Thanks Ramon, that's a cracking image really shows them off.....

Tony

[Paul Marcellini]

Repost works for me, what a great moment captured. I love the red around the eye. Its also nice to see the egg under her.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Repost works for me, what a great moment captured. I love the red around the eye. Its also nice to see the egg under her.

You noticed the egg! Good eye!

Thanks to everybody for your kind words and comments!

[denise ippolito]

Very nice shot-The eye is perfect as is the BG, I love everything about it including the information.

[bill kominsky]

Ramón there are no nits from me my friend, the second post may be a tad better but the first was o.k. as well and would take it any time, great job.

Bill

[Doug Brown]

The repost is a definite improvement. Nice tender moment captured!

[Ramon M. Casares]

Thank you all very much for your kind words, I am glad you like the repsot and the image as it is one of my all time favorites, not only from this last trip. Thanks!

[Juan Aragonés]

Yes, I like the result a lot. Thanks for considering my suggestion :-)

Hi all, thanks for your comments!
Juan, I tried a little darker BG andv you were right, it does pop more so here's a repost.
Let me know your thoughts and/or any other comment or suggestion!
Thanks!

[Krijn Trimbos]

Yes the repost is an improvement. Love the moment and IMO you made a good decision about homing in on the action here. I also learned this the hard way but it is always good (if not scaring of the bird) to use some fill flash as the eyes of the chicks often don't show any natural catchlights, which would be my only real nit here. Excellent shot otherwise!

[Ramon M. Casares]

Yes the repost is an improvement. Love the moment and IMO you made a good decision about homing in on the action here. I also learned this the hard way but it is always good (if not scaring of the bird) to use some fill flash as the eyes of the chicks often don't show any natural catchlights, which would be my only real nit here. Excellent shot otherwise!

You are right about tyhe catch light missing in the chick's eye, I could've added one, but I chose not to as I love this image as it is and I really didn't want to touch it much. Thank you very much Krijn.

[Piotr Shpakowski]

The pose and the moment make the shot very original.I wonder what it would look like an horizontal compositiopn.Really great shot!! Congratulations!

[Ramon M. Casares]

Thanks Piotr, I have some others with horizontal framings but in this case I wanted to centered the atention to the action of the chick getting under mom, soon I'll post some horizontal of these two :) Glad you liked it.

Thank you all for your comments!