Interaction: Grounded!

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I made this at Nickerson yesterday morning. What do you think is going on here?

1D4, 500f4, 1.4x, 1/1250s, f/8, ISO 400, manual exposure

[Mike Fuhr]

Ouch -- looks like someone smarted off to mom and she did NOT like it!:)

[Michael Hogan]

Axel, as usual a fabulous image, pin sharp, fabulous FG and BG and great HA and eye contact on the mother. You even got great eye contact with the chick. When I see images like this I often just feel like giving up:confused:.

TFS

Michael

[Daniel Cadieux]

Whatever is happening here is pretty cool interaction you got! Perfect exposure, and the eye(s) looks great. Looks like an avian version of "Cops"...I think the juvenile bird is going to spend the night in jail!

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

beautiful moment,pose,angle!

[Ilija Dukovski]

Great interaction, exp is excellent. Did the kid get at least a dinner before being grounded?

[Lorant Voros]

I wonder what is going on. Techs are perfect as usual. Nice interaction, great eye contact and angle.
Lorant

[Stu Bowie]

Good HA's and eye contact from both, and I think mom has found a new foot rest. Hopefully, she is not hurting the little one.

[Bob Pelkey]

Based on my observations of shorebirds, I'd speculate that what you saw and miraculously captured lasted only a few seconds or less where the adult was attempting to disguise and protect the juvenile from an overflight of prey.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Wow that is some action captured in this image. Sure hope the baby survived :confused: Excellent exposure, detail and low angle but the action puts it over the top for. Well done Axel !

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Thanks for the comments and interpretation of the behavior. This Common Tern chick was running around at the beach and the parents constantly tried to round him up. Most chicks hide under the grass when the parents chase them back. This one did not and one of the parents just stood on his back for a while. I'm not sure if this some display of dominance, disciplining or hiding the chick from predators or something completely different.

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

Well captured image with great detail, colours & composition. Well done! Thanks for the explanation Axel.

[Fabs Forns]

This is sooooo interesting, we can only guess as to why, but great that you were able to capture the behavior with your usually goos quality :)

[marco peschiera]

This is sooooo interesting, we can only guess as to why, but great that you were able to capture the behavior with your usually goos quality :)

Wow ! What a moment ! Amazing

[Michael Stern]

All aspects as stated previously....EXCELLENT....
Right place at the Right Time!!!
Amazing photo...
Mike

[Danny J Brown]

Man, Axel, talk about being at the right place at the right time.....but it's more than just serendipity for a good photographer. Fantastic catch!

DB

[arash_hazeghi]

looks very good Axel and love the detail in the blacks

[Kiran Poonacha]

Great natural history captured.. loved the angle and details.. well done.

[Grace Scalzo]

Axel, what a moment, I've never seen this before. Your image of course is excellent. Did the parent let the chick up eventually? And if so, what was the chick's behavior like when released?

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Axel, what a moment, I've never seen this before. Your image of course is excellent. Did the parent let the chick up eventually? And if so, what was the chick's behavior like when released?

Thanks, Grace! The parent let the chick go after a while and it was a bit calmer but not too much.

[Hendri Venter]

That little one is not going anywhere:) Lovely moment captured and very unique.

[Arthur Morris]

Perfect. Amazing. Puzzling. Almost looks like a skimmer chick.