Archive 2008 · Grebe Chicks

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p.1 #1 · Grebe Chicks

From last weekends outing and a few of the baby Pie-billed grebes with MaggieBee and Mike.
I was a bit disappointed with most of the images. The DOF was quite limited at focal length of 840mm, so quite a few that seemed they might have been nice were rejected for OOF areas. I was using the big Pentax zoom with 1.4X TC's on the K20D.
The matching Pentax version doesn't allow AF so I also tried the Tamron. Neither have great results with the FA* 250-600/5.6. Anyway I did manage a couple decent ones of the grebes:

1) Chick under comfort of mom's wing

http://i.pbase.com/o2/87/63987/1/97379167.qnONeXZg._IGP0923.jpg

2) Dad bringing home the bacon

http://i.pbase.com/o2/87/63987/1/97379173.C4NXuBPJ._IGP0967.jpg

3) Just gotta swallow the whole thing son

http://i.pbase.com/o2/87/63987/1/97379164.CeEfztOH._IGP0902.jpg

4) Dad with more goodies

http://i.pbase.com/o2/87/63987/1/97379160.pavI7FjN._IGP0894.jpg

5) Raising kids is a lot of work

http://i.pbase.com/o2/87/63987/1/97379169.raQ97VzH._IGP0940.jpg

Thanks for looking/commenting,
JayT

May 20, 2008 at 10:50 AM

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p.1 #2 · Grebe Chicks

Super series, Jay!! That first one is priceless!!

The start of a new generation is always special to watch!!

Frank

May 20, 2008 at 10:53 AM

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p.1 #3 · Grebe Chicks

Wonderful shots Jay,

I have to wonder if any of the Pied-billed down here have any chicks.....

Lil

May 20, 2008 at 11:00 AM

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p.1 #4 · Grebe Chicks

Very nice captures Jay. Thanks for sharing these.

Jude

May 20, 2008 at 11:04 AM

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p.1 #5 · Grebe Chicks

Very cool shots!

J

May 20, 2008 at 11:05 AM

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p.1 #6 · Grebe Chicks

These look great, Jay. Challenging to photograph, that's for certain. They're so close but so far, if you know what I mean. I especially like the first one - great angle, and soooooo cute!

May 20, 2008 at 11:21 AM

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p.1 #7 · Grebe Chicks

Great find and catch. Love these little fuzz balls !! Thanks for sharing

Anthony

May 20, 2008 at 11:23 AM

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p.1 #8 · Grebe Chicks

Great series Jay. The little ones are cute in an awkward way while the adult is just plain cute. Gotta check those out this weekend!

Tim

May 20, 2008 at 01:19 PM

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p.1 #9 · Grebe Chicks

Sweet stuff! And good job with these. Nice angle. I like the first two shots best, but the whole series is very enjoyable.

May 20, 2008 at 04:03 PM


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