Magnificent Frigatebird chick

[denise ippolito]

Canon 1D Mark III
500mm lens
1/1250 sec. at f/5.6
ISO 400
Tripod
Galapagos
Removed a branch from BG.
hope the ID is correct. HA could be a little better but I loved the pose and soft colored BG.

[Grace Scalzo]

Made me laugh out loud. Just an adorable image of this chick trying out his wings. I think that the head angle is fine as he is defiantly making eye contact with you and that fuzz is cute as can be. I bet this would hold great appeal to children.

[Kiran Poonacha]

This is too cute Denise, loved the expo, nice pose and setting, the BG works great.. nicely done..

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Denise, really cute, this guy is. Loved the exposure, shallow DOF and the pose.

[Michel Pilon]

Hello Denis,

I really didn't know that the Magnificient Fregatebird are so white!!! I knew however that the juvenile have chest and head white (with beak and legs pale blue). We recognize easily the beak shape of the Fregatebird... I really like your composition and pov. You also managed greatly the exposition and I like also that colored bg bringing colors (with the green leaves) to the whole pic.

Very nice and well done ! TFS!

Michel

[Randy Stout]

Denise:

Nice techs, better story. Makes me smile. The little engine that could, I think I can, I think I can. Charming

Randy

[denise ippolito]

Thank you folks., I appreciate you taking a look.

[Stu Bowie]

Hey Denise, that must surely be a show off pose just for you. I like the fluffiness of the little guy, well exposed with sharp detail on the head. Killer BG.

[arash_hazeghi]

very cute Denise, when I saw these magnificent! birds I was wondering what the chicks would look like and now I know thanks to you!

[denise ippolito]

Stuart and Arash, Thank you for the kind words. It was truly a pleasure to see all the different chicks that I saw on the trip.

[Arthur Morris]

I remember that you found a great spot for this one with a sweet BKGR. Removed two more branches for the repost likely including the extension of the one that you removed. Love the white fluffiness too.

[Arthur Morris]

Jeez, I almost forgot: I checked with Juan on a similar image. Frigatebird chicks with the orange on the face are Great Frigatebirds. (I had made the same mistake.)

[denise ippolito]

I love the repost and thank you and Juan for the ID!!!

[Arthur Morris]

YAW. I thought that I did a pretty good job myself :)

[James Shadle]

Sorry I'm late to the party. How do you feel about this crop?
I love the subject matter and technical. IMO this crop is a little more balanced.

[denise ippolito]

Thanks James for taking the time to repost this. The crop looks good.