We spent 3 days in Northern Minnesota photographing loons on 4 different lakes. Each held it’s challenges. On this day the light was dull, the wind up a bit and the waves as well. One moment the loon was in the viewfinder the next it was the sky then only water! Challenging but worth it.
Overall appeal and composition.
Canon R5, RF 100-500mm 4.5/7.1 @ 500mm
1/1300 @ F-13 ISO 1000, Hand held
Sounds like a loony excursion, John. A nice image of the adult and it’s always cool when they have a youngster on their back. This shows how large these birds are. Even at f/13 the chick is pretty soft. Since you were only at iso 1000, you probably could have gone a stop or two further, but I’m not sure it would have done much to get the chick in focus.
Hi John, I do a fair amount of bird shooting from boats as well. Very challenging to get them sharp on a bobbing boat or even keep them in the viewfinder as you mention. I think the softness is due more to a slower shutter speed than the f stop. In any event, a nice capture telling the story of these two.
