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I think I’ve managed to miss most of fledgling season but there is still a little action. This is from 4 days ago.
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All comments welcome!
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Almost no adjustments here – very minor Shadows and Highlights, denoise and a tweak of yellow desaturation. Small crops to match the frames.
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Very cool images, Diane. The bit of motion blur in the youngsters wing is perfect for conveying that “feed me” behavior.
You captured the successful beggar quite well. The floofy head provides a lot of character for the youngster…Jim
Hi Diane, excellent…love the begging pose with open mouth and flaring wings. Nice view of the feeding behavior. Pleasing background. Nice that the adult chose that nob as a perch.
Diane NO WORDS !!! How did you capture this image…Amazing… How long did you wait to get this shot. Just Blown Away. !!!
Thanks, @Dennis_Plank, @Jim_Zablotny, @Allen_Sparks and @Gill_Vanderlip! Gill, about 30 years… of tweaking feeders, perches, hides, tripods and cameras. It’s not the first feeding shot I’ve managed but they have been scarce. And when they do perch in a decent spot they usually have their backs to me and heads hidden. This perch wasn’t intended to be one where they might feed – it’s the back end of a stick that is attached to the feeder pole to the left and extends beyond the pole secured to an upright several feet to the left. It’s the perch for the feeder for Orioles (which have been scarce this year). A pleasing perch won’t have cut ends like that and I need to replace it but it will wait till the Orioles have migrated. I like to change perches occasionally to give some variability to the pictures, which get to be same-old-same-old, but finding good ones just the right size and shape is a chore.
This shot was after about an hour of sitting in the hide, camera on a tripod on a gimbal head. Ball heads are a nuisance for this sort of thing – you want a gimbal so you can swing the camera left-right and up-down for quick aim. And good eye-detection AF and electronic shutter (silent) at 20 frames/sec – when feeding looks like it’s going to happen, have your hands on the camera and focus as close as you can get it, and start shooting bursts or you’ll miss the action.
Oh – and have soft early morning light, light clouds or dappled shade with a nice BG. Now you’re prepared. Wait for luck.
