Square-tailed Kite nest.
For some more info, see this thread. This was captured when the little ones were about two weeks old. I cropped from an 8mpx image to a 5mpx image so by about 38%.
30D, 300mm f/4L IS USM and 2x (pins taped so I can hear a focus confirmation beep). ISO800, f/11, 1/200th, -2/3 compensation, 430EX with beamer, tripod.
Hope you like it.
Hi Akos - amazing find - don't see them too often when they are not nested high up in the tress - love the family portrait.
Would fix the eye on the adult - bit of red eye / steel eye.
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Nature at its best Ákos and you did a superb job at Capturing it , Well done :)
Akos, Lovely image and great find. I'll bet you had a good time watching all the action. Does the flash bother the young ones eyes? I heard it does.
Hi. Thank you. I am unsure whether the flash would bother the young ones. I will try and find out from some more knowledgable folks. All I can say is that two months worth of photographs by probably ten different people did not seem to bother them. Mind you there was plenty of paparazzi free days out there as most would only go once every few weeks. I think I must have been the busiest bee there.Originally Posted by denise ippolito
Hi Lance, thanks. It did have that and I fixed it, but my added catchlight is too big (I think) which I realized once posted and I didn't go back and reduce. :(
Akos, I'm curious to know that -I heard that once-but have seen alot of nests photographed so I am unsure if it is true or not-Please let me know if you find out! Thanks:)
akos, i know you said it was already a large crop, but i would still crop some more off the bottom. making it into a pano. the catchlight is too big. i dont think one is even needed in a situation like this where the bird is part of the environment.
Thanks Harold for the tip. I see what you mean. I guess this shows the size of the nest itself. I have another one taken with a borrowed 1DMkIII and 500mm + 2x and the detail and image size just blew my socks off. I have been dreaming of that rig ever since that day! :( See this.....
Denise, will revert back to you OK? Just need to contact some folks in the field of ornithology.
Hi Akos:
Love this family capture, and you obviously did a lot of work to get it. I like the crop the way it is b/c the size of the nest, as well as the feather, tells a lot of the story captured here. I agree that the catchlight needs to be adjusted a bit. The only other thing I would do here to make the capture more pleasing to the eye, would be to remove the branch directly to the left of the family. I think this would put more focus on the birds but still tell the story.
Akos...this is fantastic...a very fine capture indeed...You captured a superb family portrait in their natural habitat...:cool:
Thanks a million Marina! You are right about that stick. I'll work on it. Thank you again! :)
And thank you heaps too Sir Gus. :) Much appreciated the kind comments.
Here is a reworked version. Better?
Reworked looks just fine !!! I like how you place the birds slightly higher and right ... got three head angles and lots of detail Excellent base image to take the crop well !!! ... thanks for the link Sweet !!!
The re post is much better Akos. Like the eye much better
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