Tender Family Scene

[saurora]

This past week has brought an abundance of baby birds ready to leave their nests in my neighborhood. I captured this little fledgling and his parent huddling in a tree. The other parent was a few feet away keeping guard while resting on a street sign. They one by one reunited in another tree across the street further away from the nasty black camera. DOF is a little too shallow....one of these days I'll get it. :D
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[riddim_maker]

I was expecting a family portrait with you, the hubby and the kids:scratch :dunno ,
but i guess this is an acceptable stand-in:rofl :rofl :rofl
BTW, very sweet and tender capture. Your timing seems right on:thumb

[ShepsMom]

What cuties!! I think your dof is good, but a little bright! Well done:thumb

[Harryb]

Very nice capture, the background is perfect for the shot. :thumb

[bfjr]

Very nice capture, the background is perfect for the shot. :thumb

:agree

and maybe a little fill flash would of helped

[saurora]

I was expecting a family portrait with you, the hubby and the kids:scratch :dunno ,
but i guess this is an acceptable stand-in:rofl :rofl :rofl
BTW, very sweet and tender capture. Your timing seems right on:thumb

Thanks Russ, and I really did think this was a tender family scene!!! :D

[Art Scott]

I like the bright background.....and I think the shot is absolutely perfect....guess that means I am agreeing with Harry :thumb:thumb:thumb:thumb:thumb:thumb:bow:bow:bow:bow:bow and yes the dof is perfect also.

[saurora]

What cuties!! I think your dof is good, but a little bright! Well done:thumb

Thanks Marina. Well, it was midday, and bright open shade and I was pointing up towards the sky, so the shot is bright, but it is one thing I like about it. I guess one could control that more in processing or by using fill flash, (didn't have time for that!). Thanks for commenting.

[Dick on Aruba]

Very beautiful. Frame it!

Thanks for sharing,

Dick.

[saurora]

Thanks for the nice comment Harry! :D

[annaelycm]

Absolutely wonderful. I think the DOF of field is perfect and the brighter backrground really lets the little birds POP out of the picture. VERY frame worthy!!!

[saurora]

:agree

and maybe a little fill flash would of helped

Thanks Ben!

[saurora]

I like the bright background.....and I think the shot is absolutely perfect....guess that means I am agreeing with Harry :thumb:thumb:thumb:thumb:thumb:thumb:bow:bow:bow:bow:bow and yes the dof is perfect also.


Thanks alot Art! I'm pretty pleased with it. It also was the first time I've been able to approach a bird that close with only the 200. Usually I'm shooting from my car!!!

[Harv]

Excellent capture. I like it a lot. It's always fun to get the fledglings with mom or dad.

[gfxartist]

What a sweet photo. I sometimes try taking photos out on the back deck, but they fear the big black camera (or me :scratch ) and fly off to perch somewhere too far for a good shot. So I can appreciate your great capture!

[Netgarden]

Hi Susan, I live near you!
I love the pic and the exposure too. sweet...

[Skippy]

This past week has brought an abundance of baby birds ready to leave their nests in my neighborhood. I captured this little fledgling and his parent huddling in a tree. The other parent was a few feet away keeping guard while resting on a street sign. They one by one reunited in another tree across the street further away from the nasty black camera. DOF is a little too shallow....one of these days I'll get it. :D


Lovely shot Susan, love the background too :clap ... Skippy
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[Maestro]

Quite a nice shot and for being during the middle of the day, you handled the brignt ambient light quite well.

[raptorcaptor]

Nice capture Susan! :thumb I think those are black phoebe chicks!

[saurora]

Nice capture Susan! :thumb I think those are black phoebe chicks!

Thanks Glenn and everyone else. Yes, I forgot to mention that they were Phoebe's, although I thought one was an adult and one a fledgling, judging by the tailfeathers.