sundeck visitors
Jun 10, 2014 00:50:32 #
While I have commented on other folks' photos, I thought it was about time to show something from myself.
I've spent some time with the camera on a tripod and the lens peeking out between curtains.
These birds are just ordinary starlings, but are fascinating to watch: Momma Starling would pick off bits and pieces from the suet block, and three baby-starlings were ready for that food!
My practice consisted of pressing the shutter button at exactly the right time to "catch" the babies with their beaks open.
Except for lightening the image a bit, cropping most of the cherry tree away,and putting the border around it, there has not been any post processing.
I've spent some time with the camera on a tripod and the lens peeking out between curtains.
These birds are just ordinary starlings, but are fascinating to watch: Momma Starling would pick off bits and pieces from the suet block, and three baby-starlings were ready for that food!
My practice consisted of pressing the shutter button at exactly the right time to "catch" the babies with their beaks open.
Except for lightening the image a bit, cropping most of the cherry tree away,and putting the border around it, there has not been any post processing.
Jun 10, 2014 01:01:18 #
medavis43
Loc: Folkston, GA
Nice picture of them. Sure glad I'm not mama bird! Those babies look pretty demanding.
Jun 10, 2014 08:15:16 #
Your photo made me smile. Your timing was perfect and your photo tells a wonderful story. I really like how you have framed mama with the babies A little more depth of field would have been nice to have mama in focus as well.
Jun 10, 2014 09:12:33 #
I usually don't go for bird feeder shots, because it almost seems like cheating, but you had to be quick to get this amazing capture, and what a moment you caught!
All the birds wonderfully sharp, perfectly exposed, and well framed all in the matter of a split second. Love it Morning Star .. this one belongs in the Birds and Blooms magazine. You should be getting paid for it ... hey ... maybe you are. :-)
All the birds wonderfully sharp, perfectly exposed, and well framed all in the matter of a split second. Love it Morning Star .. this one belongs in the Birds and Blooms magazine. You should be getting paid for it ... hey ... maybe you are. :-)
Jun 10, 2014 09:19:16 #
Nightski wrote:
I usually don't go for bird feeder shots, because it almost seems like cheating, but you had to be quick to get this amazing capture, and what a moment you caught!
All the birds wonderfully sharp, perfectly exposed, and well framed all in the matter of a split second. Love it Morning Star .. this one belongs in the Birds and Blooms magazine. You should be getting paid for it ... hey ... maybe you are. :-)
All the birds wonderfully sharp, perfectly exposed, and well framed all in the matter of a split second. Love it Morning Star .. this one belongs in the Birds and Blooms magazine. You should be getting paid for it ... hey ... maybe you are. :-)
Thank you, CM and Nightski. And no I'm not getting paid for it, that would make it "work"...
Jun 10, 2014 09:20:28 #
Country's Mama wrote:
Your photo made me smile. Your timing was perfect and your photo tells a wonderful story. I really like how you have framed mama with the babies A little more depth of field would have been nice to have mama in focus as well.
I thought she was teaching them to sing! Don't think the DOF is off (notice how sharp the black bracket is) as much as the mother bird, and the one at top, moved during the shot. Still, very nicely exposed with good color and contrast.
Jun 10, 2014 09:26:18 #
Morning Star wrote:
Thank you, CM and Nightski. And no I'm not getting paid for it, that would make it "work"...
Oh my gosh ... you're in danger of sounding like Graham Smith!
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