Here are two of the three green heron chicks I’ve been seeing at my neighborhood lake. They have “branched” which earlier made me believe they had been taken by a predator. Not so. They are still being fed by the parents but I imagine they will be flying and foraging on their own soon. Taken yesterday under cloudy conditions.
Canon 90D, Sigma 150-600 C
ISO 1250, f6.3, 1/320s, hand held
I removed part of a branch on the right and cloned out some bright water.
Any comments appreciated.
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How wonderful to have caught a nice image of the two of them together before they do go their separate ways, Allen. I like the way each is facing in the opposite direction, like you keep an eye out to the left, I will watch to the right for any predictor. Wonderful details, on a nice natural perch, with oof BG. Great shot.
Very good, Allen. I love the back-to-back poses and the fuzzy heads are really cute. It’s interesting that you got so much depth of field with those settings. Were you at 600 mm, or had you zoomed out?
So good to see the green heron chicks again! Love the back-to-back pose. Water is great. IQ looks good, but I think I’d sharpen just the rear chick independently a touch more.
OMG, I love the fluffy head feathers and the different coloration on these babies. You got both of them pretty sharp as well. The pose if priceless. You couldn’t have arranged these netter. Butt to butt with both head angles working well. I also don’t mind them being centered since you can’t really compose this any other way. Glad you were able to find these two. Superb capture Allen!
Hi Allen
Lovely Green Heron chicks. I think the flat lighting helped to defuse the back-ground and give the fluffy white feathers a glow. Did you sharpen the head and breast of the right chick, it looks much sharper than the left?
Peter
By the time I saw this there were many comments and I didn’t feel like I had anything new to say. But it keeps popping up on the first page and I’m really drawn to it so I’m adding my congrats on the shot. I have no suggestions. Love the two facing different directions and the fuzzy heads. It’s just a really nice shot.