Me And My Shadow

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

This is an image of a baby skimmer chick taken this past weekend.

Nikon D300
Nikon 300 mm F 2.8
ISO 400
1/1600, F8
manual

All comments are appreciated.

[Keith Carver]

Judy, this is just way too cute! Just love those newly-minted feathers, open mouth and one foot raised. Sharp, perfect EXP and BG. Thanks for sharing!

[Ofer Levy]

Great job in getting this baby sharp in action. You also did very well with what looks like harsh light.

[Daniel Cadieux]

You've handled the harsh light perfectly, and the pose is just too cute.

[Nancy A Elwood]

Judy it was terrific meeting up with you and Gary! It was a great shoot! Love your little guy. The angle and techs looks spot on.

[Dan Busby]

Very nice exposure control in bright light. The raised foot really adds to the story. To me, it looks like the bird is saying "ouch - the stones are hot"!

[Stu Bowie]

Thats a fair size head and beak for such a small fellow. The raised foot adds interest, and I like your low perspective Judy.

[Mike Tracy]

Agree with Dan about you controlling the harsh light well. Nice feather detail, sharpness, DOF and S/H. I like the raised foot.

Are you finding these on the east coast ?

[Fabs Forns]

I am so glad you were able to make it, and it looks like you had good weather, although cloudy and rainy could be an asset to B&W birds.
I think there was a bit of a magenta cast to the image, so I went in COlor Balance and added +7 of green (opposite magenta) and +5 of blue for good measure :)
It look better than setting the white point in Curves.
Very nice capture! DId you get the little OCs?

[Aidan Briggs]

Didn't even notice the magenta cast until Fabs repost. The light is a bit harsh for me but the running pose, perfect exposure, and open bill are great.

[arash_hazeghi]

awesome Judy love the sharpness and detail, great low angle too, well done

[Michael Pancier]

I see they are moving about more. beautifully done.

[Kiran Poonacha]

very cute pic Judy, loved the open bill begging pose a lot.. well done..