Just after another "teasing" fly in, ignoring the begging chicks, the parent finally gave in and began to regurgitate dinner. 1DMKIIN 100-400 1.4xtc ISO 400 F8@1/1250
Nice light, good head angle on all three birds, great interaction. I like that the adults crest is up, and the neck is ruffled. The angle of view seems quite good. I am curious how high the nest is?
The foreground is pretty busy, esp. for the left chick, but this is where they live!
Its interesting that the adults whites on the head appear so much more yellow. Must have been the angle to the early light.
Hi Randy, Thanks, as always, for the thoughtful comments. This was taken on a late, clear afternoon. About 30-45 minutes before sunset. So, the light was quite golden. The angle looks less steep (from my earlier post) because they are all perched closer to the same height. On the previus post, the parent was perched higher to the right and really accentuated the up angle. Because of constraints in the boardwalk (and lens size), a better angle was not to be had. I chose this spot for the sun angle and the framing between the two vertical branches on left and right.
Sounds like you made the very best of the situation. Of course, if you had taken a 12 ft. stepladder along with you, your angle of inclination would have been better!
I supsect they might have frowned on you climbing up on the railing.
Thanks again, this time for making me laugh! This is the highest, yet clearest nest for BG, at Wako this year. I would guess between 25 to 30 ft. to the top of this cypress. Actually if I could have (dream on...) climbed to the top of the gazebo (right on the afternoon sun angle), that would have been best.
When I first went to the Venice Rookery, I wondered if I could get away with climbing up on top of the shelter. It would really help on the angle! I mentioned this to Artie, and he showed me his option, standing on a picnic table!
This Time, For Real!!
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