Feed me Daddy

[Susan Candelario]

Photographed this last May. This male Eastern Bluebird lost his mate about a week and half before the chicks fled. He did a great job all by himself of taking care of his chicks while battling various Tree Swallows that were trying to take over the nest. It was a great experience for me to be able to witness such beauty in nature.
Canon MIII - 600mm - ISO 1250 - 1/4000 sec - f/8.0
I kept my distance in order to not cause any stress to them. I cropped the image approx. 30%. basic adjustments and applied NR. There was also a dark area on the top that I removed in pp.

[Jeff Sorbie]

Great action shot. Sharpness, background and exposure all look good to me.

[Randy Stout]

Susan:

Good story. I had a pair of pileateds in my back yard, the female disappeared shortly after the chicks hatched, and the male toughed it up and fledged both chicks.

Sharp, well exposed, nice comp, food item a plus. Nice all the way around.

Cheers

Randy

[denise ippolito]

Beautiful action captured. The in coming pose and the chick peeking out it's head is fantastic!

[Arthur Morris]

Superb. I love everything about this one right down to and including the knot on the trunk!

[Fabs Forns]

Very tender moment, and well presented. You coulees take advantage of our size limits and post a bigger image. Sweet intersection, that shows the excitement of the chick. Thanks for sharing, Susan.

[Troy Lim]

Love this shot, what a great capture.
Sharp and killer BG. TFS.

[Aidan Briggs]

Love the interaction and sharpness. Not a fan of square crops but it works well here.

[Harshad Barve]

Big time congrats , terrific image
TFS

[Dave Mills]

Hi Susan, Great wing position,sharp,even lighting,bug in mouth,chick with open mouth waiting to be fed and finally a nicely muted backround. Did I leave anything out? Oh...it's excellent!!

[Stu Bowie]

Susan, very well timed to capture the incoming parent, together with the chick, anticipating his food. I also like the two tone BG too. Congrats on a fine image.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Loved the moment captured here, the chick with the open mouth adds well to the story..

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great moment captured and great to see one in a natural nesting place. Pose, sharpness and waiting chick make this one for me.

[Marc Mol]

Very fine indeed Susan, wonderful feeding action in magic light, doesn't get much better!
TFS

[Gen Benjamin]

Have to agree with all, this is a wonderful image. Great story telling with the image itself and then your added information gives me an even better understanding.
Gen

[Susan Candelario]

Thank you very much for all your kind comments, I appreciate them very much. Glad to be able to share this one. The next frame I got was him feeding the chick. What a thrill for me!!! The next morning I got to see the Father encouraging the chick to leave the nest and after a few moments of hesitation the chick did. I love nature.:)

[Roman Kurywczak]

Wooo Hooo!!! You know I love this one!

[stuart wanuck]

lovely action what can i say

[Nico Steenberg]

Great sharp detail and comp. Like the pose and catch. Subject is well exposed with good natural colours against a killer bg. Well done !

[subramanya_ck]

Absolutely brilliant. everything's so perfect in this shot

[Jerry Fornarotto]

another great capture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jerry