Kings, a pair

[Tommy Rodgers]

Mark IV, 70-200 f2.8 II plus 2x, hand held @365mm, ISO 400,1/1000,f5.6, AP +2/3ev

[Brendan Dozier]

Awesome interaction capture, Tommy. Nice low angel and like that splash of orange & yellow. Maybe just a bit more room on bottom and rt. and little more sharpening. Nice one!

[Daniel Cadieux]

A tender moment, and a vertical comp was the way to go. I do wish the bird on the right was not clipped though - were you trying to crop away another element out of the frame?

[ramesh anantharaman]

This is a very beautiful moment captured... Agree with Dan and Brendan on the space.

[Sid Garige]

Great interaction well captured Tommy.

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent interaction nice light and details too, just a bit tight on the right.

[PRABIR BHATTACHARYYA]

Intimate moment captured so beautifully.
May have the same question as Daniel though.

[Tommy Rodgers]

A tender moment, and a vertical comp was the way to go. I do wish the bird on the right was not clipped though - were you trying to crop away another element out of the frame?

This small colony of Kings was in the early stages of establishing itself on Sounders Island, and the owner of the island (yes, the entire island) had erected a roped-off area to protect the colony from too close encounters, especially visitors from cruise ships. While I was and remained well outside the roped area to minimize my interference with the colony, these two headed straight to where I was sitting to see what their new friend was up to and stopped right next to a post for this "special moment." I knew I would have trouble with the post, but I could not resist the "special moment". Cloning and other techniques were not to my liking, so I decided on the clip and severe crop. Just as I could not resist taking the image, I could not resist sharing the "special moment " with my BPN friends, clip,server crop, and all.

[Wynand van Wyk]

Really like the interaction in the image! Great detail and well exposed!

Well done!

[Daniel Cadieux]

This small colony of Kings was in the early stages of establishing itself on Sounders Island, and the owner of the island (yes, the entire island) had erected a roped-off area to protect the colony from too close encounters, especially visitors from cruise ships. While I was and remained well outside the roped area to minimize my interference with the colony, these two headed straight to where I was sitting to see what their new friend was up to and stopped right next to a post for this "special moment." I knew I would have trouble with the post, but I could not resist the "special moment". Cloning and other techniques were not to my liking, so I decided on the clip and severe crop. Just as I could not resist taking the image, I could not resist sharing the "special moment " with my BPN friends, clip,server crop, and all.

Thanks for the additional info Tommy...and thanks for sharing the image!

[Jim Crosswell]

Great interaction! I enjoyed reading your story and explanation.

[Yves Guillot]

A very lovely one! hard not to see them as expressing human emotions.