Oystercatcher and chick

[Alfred Forns]

Oystercatcher with chick ... about three weeks old. Tough shooting with lots of heavy rain, even the birds did not look happy !!

Comments welcome and much appreciated

Canon 1DMk4
500 f 4.0 IS
f5.6 1/400 sec
ISO 800
Av + 1 1/3

[Ed Cordes]

Wonderful interaction Alfred. I like the high key effect caused by the weather you had to deal with.

[Troy Lim]

Wow, really like this shot a lot. Well done.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Nice one Al. Good high key and that red bill is something else.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

The interaction is great and I also like the inclusion of the shell. I don't mind the light at all but the blacks could go darker for my taste.

[Stu Bowie]

Al, a lovely tender moment between parent and chick, and good to see the meal. Their colours stand out nicely from the overcast conditions.

[Alan Murphy]

Great action. Tilting my head to look at it makes me want to give it a CW rotation.

[Joe Senzatimore]

High key look works well and the wet brings out some wonderful detail in the feathers. Love it.

[Fabs Forns]

Nice captured, especially considering the weather we had to cop with. They are sooo sweet!

[Ramon M. Casares]

Great interaction, lovely natural moment, I agree about the CW rotation needed, but overall I like it very much. Congrats.

[Sid Garige]

Did well considering the shooting conditions Al.

[Hendri Venter]

Lovely moment captured. The high key works very well here. I also agree with some CW rotation.

[Matthew Studebaker]

oh wow - it's so difficult to photograph interaction between birds well. It's difficult to get both in focus, get the head angles/poses right, and to get them doing something interesting but you've done it all here. I very much enjoyed viewing this shot.

[Bob Pelkey]

Give me a fish and you feed me for a day. Teach me to fish and you feed me for a lifetime. I think that's how that saying goes. Nice capture under conditions at least one has written that he prefers for wildlife photography as I recall.

[arash_hazeghi]

so cute Al, love the details and exposure!