Chicken Fight

[D. Robert Franz]

Territorial squabbles are common on the lek but often hard to capture. With so many birds running around defending their little space it always seems you focus on the wrong pair. Here a bit later in the morning we lost our sun but it helped a bit with the contrast which would have been harsh by that time of the morning. Here I did a slight crop 10-15% for comp.

Camera Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Copyright: D. Robert & Lorri Franz
Shutter speed: 1/2000 sec
Aperture: 5
Exposure mode: Av
Exposure compensation: +2/3
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 640
Focal length: 300mm

[denise ippolito]

Dale, I really like this. Great action captured and the soft color tones and comp. are lovely.

[Grace Scalzo]

This is sweet! Is it just me, or are these birds humorous?? This image made me smile, the bird below seems unaware of the airborn one. Thanks for sharing this.

[Ofer Levy]

Fantastic behaviour shot!!!

[D. Robert Franz]

This is sweet! Is it just me, or are these birds humorous?? This image made me smile, the bird below seems unaware of the airborn one. Thanks for sharing this.

All I can tell you is that it's mayhem on a busy lek....

[Tom Redd]

Good action shot and you did well with both birds in good focus - good DOF. You were able to get close to these guys since you used a 300mm. Congrats!

[Sid Garige]

Killer action Dale. Great job.

[Doug Brown]

Excellent capture Dale! Perfect placement of both birds in the frame, and you got them both sharp.

[christopher galeski]

very nice shot Dale,love the colors,like every thing about this photo,would make a nice painting.thanks.

[Andrew Merwin]

This is beautifully captured with good HAs on both birds.

[Stu Bowie]

Well timed Dale, and just love the guy in the air. I really like the soft pastel colours throughout the image.

[yogesh_puranik]

excellent pose and superb warm light..loved it all the way

[manojdeshmukh]

The action, details of the bird and smooth feel is 2 good!