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    Been a while since I posted, life has been busy. This was taken a few weeks back in Michigan. It is amazing how many times this youngster was fed. Cropped for comp. Looking forward to the C and C.

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    Thanks for looking, Gary.

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    Wow, really sharp and cool looking image.
    The water drop at the beak end is just great.
    Very good detail, angle, BG, nothing about this not to like.
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    Though the bird is a molting mess the image is both interesting and beautiful. Sharp with a perfect EXP and a perfect head angle. Do the parents stun the fish before handing them over to the youngster? (It looks as if they do.)
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    Nice and sharp with a great low angle, love the water on the end of the beak, nice job Gary!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Morris View Post
    Though the bird is a molting mess the image is both interesting and beautiful. Sharp with a perfect EXP and a perfect head angle. Do the parents stun the fish before handing them over to the youngster? (It looks as if they do.)
    Thanks Artie, Randy will have to chime in and answer your question. All I know is that there was very little movement in any of the fish or craw fish they were fed. I believe the adults eat most of the time under water. Thanks, Gary.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chad Caswell View Post
    Nice and sharp with a great low angle, love the water on the end of the beak, nice job Gary!
    Thanks Chad.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Morris View Post
    Though the bird is a molting mess the image is both interesting and beautiful. Sharp with a perfect EXP and a perfect head angle. Do the parents stun the fish before handing them over to the youngster? (It looks as if they do.)
    Artie:

    There certainly is no bashing of the prey like you see with kingfishers, but it is absolutely true that the prey items don't ever seem to move. I wonder if they just crush them to death, because the chicks very freq. drop the food item, but either the chick , or usually the parent will pick it back up and try it again. The prey never seems to be able to escape.

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    Really sharp, excellent timing, nice shooting angle, love the water bridge! Good one!

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    Thanks Randy. The fish in the image does not look as if it will be doing any more swimming :)
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    Lovely capture. It's amazing how you can actually see his fuzz growing in. The BG is lovely. I have a small issue with the FG. It looks as though you may have removed a specular highlight from the bird's beak b/c I see it continuing on down the reflection (3x), but no longer see from where it originated. Very nce low angle.
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    Hi Marina,

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    Lovely capture. It's amazing how you can actually see his fuzz growing in.

    I think that the fuzz (the juvenile down) is actually growing (of falling) out. The smooth gray are the bird's first set of real feathers growing in. Mr. Stout (aka Mr. Loon), what is your take on that?

    The BG is lovely. I have a small issue with the FG. It looks as though you may have removed a specular highlight from the bird's beak b/c I see it continuing on down the reflection (3x), but no longer see from where it originated.

    Now that is a sharp-eyed observation.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marina Scarr View Post
    Lovely capture. It's amazing how you can actually see his fuzz growing in. The BG is lovely. I have a small issue with the FG. It looks as though you may have removed a specular highlight from the bird's beak b/c I see it continuing on down the reflection (3x), but no longer see from where it originated. Very nce low angle.
    Hi Marina, appreciate your time and comments. This the original shot with no processing done. I believe what you are seeing is the reflection off the lower beak back into the water. The light angle was so that the reflection off the beak was not very strong. No specular highlight was removed. Thanks for the comment I would have probably thought the same thing.

    Gary.

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