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Description
Loon and chick
Lac Le Jeune, Kamloops, BC
Taken from a small boat in the lake
There are several pairs of mated loons on this small lake, known for it’s red-fleshed rainbow trout (ruby red rainbows). Unfortunately, there are also eagles, so many young chicks are picked off within a day or two of hatching. This little guy is 2 days old.
Specific Feedback
all comments appreciated
Is this too centered? I needed to leave room for the “virtual” tail of the mom, but didn’t want a lot of dead space on the left.
Technical Details
an old borrowed Canon
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Hi Sandy
Very cool mother daughter photograph. The only this I would look at, is adjusting the highlight and deep green of the grass.( I know that’s what the grass looked like, but making them less dominant will help the viewer find the chick).
Peter
This is what I was saying.
Chickie was in the water immediately below the nest, when we floated by. He quickly dashed up the nest mound, under mom’s wing - but couldn’t help peaking out to see what we were up to.
Peter - thanks for taking the time to offer this! Much appreciated!
I agree that the softer grasses might draw attention more easily to the chick.
But I don’t think it’s a bad thing to have to look more closely at an image to see the different areas. Makes us work a little bit!
Edit posted.
This is another wonderful image Sandy. It really speaks to taking the little ones under your wing and protecting and teaching them about the world. I really want to pet the mother and if I could see the fluff more, I’m sure I would like to pet that little one too. As stated by others, the little one is such a nice little surprise when you take a good look.
Hi Sandy, great under the wing look at this chick. The adult is mighty fine too. Love the sleekness and the red eye. I prefer the original with the more vibrant grass colors.
Sandy
I agree with you on presenting nature as it is and your photograph provided a good look into the nurturing nature of a mother Loon. Your photograph gave me an opportunity to bring it into DXO PhotoLab to explore how I might highlight the Loon chik. Hope you understand.Peter
Peter - Of course! I love seeing other people’s visions of my and other’s work - it always gives me ideas and inspiration! ALL comments, thoughts, and suggestions are always most welcome .
Hi Sandy. It’s been busy lately (and starts again tomorrow) so I’m a bit late to this one. I personally like the grasses in the original. I could see bringing up the highlight in the chick’s eye if you want people to find it more easily. I tend to like to leave things like that as a surprise or use the title to lead them to look for it.
