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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Its chick's season

There is always an outlier!

The one chick hurried to get out of Mom's protection.

It almost felt like the siblings were yelling/calling for it to return back.

Some interesting facts: I was at Riparian very late in the day yesterday, and the light had faded. I sat on the ground with my camera planted in the mud with some really slow shutter speed to get in the necessary light and cleaned it up a bit in Topaz Denoise.

Guess how many kids are under mom's protection?

ILCE-1 FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS lens 600mm f/6.3 1/100s 5000 ISO +3.0 EV

Clue - Can you guess?

ILCE-1 FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS lens 600mm f/6.3 1/80s 5000 ISO +0.3 EV

One? and here is the outlier!

ILCE-1 FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS lens 600mm f/6.3 1/80s 3200 ISO +0.3 EV

Out to explore the world!! The dangerous world of cats and coyotes!

ILCE-1 FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS lens 600mm f/6.3 1/80s 3200 ISO +0.3 EV

Siblings and mom calling the brave one to get back to mom's protection.

ILCE-1 FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS lens 600mm f/6.3 1/100s 3200 ISO +0.3 EV

Jun 28, 2023 at 09:28 PM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Its chick's season

Amazing set of images and the setting you found this little family in really enhances the overall shot.

Jun 28, 2023 at 09:36 PM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Its chick's season

louie champan wrote:
Amazing set of images and the setting you found this little family in really enhances the overall shot.

Thank you Louie.

Jun 28, 2023 at 10:14 PM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Its chick's season

Excellent series

Thanks for posting.

Jun 29, 2023 at 07:05 AM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Its chick's season

Dragonfire wrote:
Excellent series

Thanks for posting.
Thank you

Jun 29, 2023 at 07:06 AM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Its chick's season

I always enjoy the season of rebirth in nature, it's life affirming. Well done!
Eric

Jun 29, 2023 at 07:23 AM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Its chick's season

Very exciting wildlife photography! Tells a story.

She chooses a spot that assures cryptic coloration and that is often in gravel. So, a nest is easily run over. The red flag we have is seeing her agitation as she scoots around while looking at us.

The babies are precocial and they're quick to flatten out and remain still. Hope to hear/see the positive outcome of this nest.

Were there 4 chicks?

Robert

Love that low perspective. And that Sony 200-600 is very exciting! Good job with all of it!

Jun 29, 2023 at 09:06 AM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Its chick's season

These are all excellent images, but the last one stands out!
You found an interesting setting and got a great set of eye-level shots in spite of the low light level.

Dave

Jun 29, 2023 at 09:34 AM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Its chick's season

Erictator wrote:
I always enjoy the season of rebirth in nature, it's life affirming. Well done!
Eric

Me too. Thank you!

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bs kite wrote:
Very exciting wildlife photography! Tells a story.

She chooses a spot that assures cryptic coloration and that is often in gravel. So, a nest is easily run over. The red flag we have is seeing her agitation as she scoots around while looking at us.

The babies are precocial and they're quick to flatten out and remain still. Hope to hear/see the positive outcome of this nest.

Were there 4 chicks?

Robert

Love that low perspective. And that Sony 200-600 is very exciting! Good job with all of it!

Thank you Robert. Yes there were 4 chicks and another 8 in another pond. I will be following their activity (with full wildlife ethics/etiquettes). I will keep us posted here.

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dclark wrote:
These are all excellent images, but the last one stands out!
You found an interesting setting and got a great set of eye-level shots in spite of the low light level.

Dave

Thank you Dave. I was really hoping the 1/80 and 1/100 work out (I did not carry a tripod / platypod or groundpod). I follow Steve Perry's advice - While I take care of my equipment really well, they are tools and not jewels. I put my tripod foot down on the mud/dirt and held it steady to get a sharp shot.

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Jun 29, 2023 at 10:52 AM

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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Its chick's season

Great that you got to photograph the nest. The last is my pick

Morris

Jun 29, 2023 at 03:36 PM

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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · Its chick's season

These are sweet but like the others the last is really lovely, the great low perspective and the amazing capture of the little guy in 1/100 of a second in time.

Dave

Jun 29, 2023 at 04:12 PM

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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Its chick's season

morris wrote:
Great that you got to photograph the nest. The last is my pick

Morris

Thank you Morris!

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Dave_E wrote:
These are sweet but like the others the last is really lovely, the great low perspective and the amazing capture of the little guy in 1/100 of a second in time.

Dave

Thank you, Dave. I too love the last one very much!

Jun 29, 2023 at 05:52 PM

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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · Its chick's season

nice ones, sathya. voted.

Jun 29, 2023 at 10:38 PM

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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · Its chick's season

kdacharya wrote:
nice ones, sathya. voted.

Thank you KD. kind of you!

Jun 29, 2023 at 11:46 PM

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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · Its chick's season

Lovely frames... TFS...

-Kambiz

Jun 29, 2023 at 11:55 PM

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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · Its chick's season

cambyses wrote:
Lovely frames... TFS...

-Kambiz

Thank you!

Jun 30, 2023 at 12:31 PM

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p.1 #17 · p.1 #17 · Its chick's season

Sweet images, Sathya! High ISO images do not pose any issues anymore, huh?

Joshua

Jun 30, 2023 at 01:35 PM

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p.1 #18 · p.1 #18 · Its chick's season

AGeoJO wrote:
Sweet images, Sathya! High ISO images do not pose any issues anymore, huh?

Joshua

Thank you, Joshua. I suppose so

. In the lighter color / right light conditions, I got a glorious shot of a Burrowing owl in flight at 12,800 ISO.

Jun 30, 2023 at 03:15 PM


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