Mommy we're hungry: My hats off to my wife. She spotted this nest when she was out. Called me and told me actually where to find it. Sure enough not long after I showed up mom was home...

NJFrank Loc: New Jersey

My hats off to my wife. She spotted this nest when she was out. Called me and told me actually where to find it. Sure enough not long after I showed up mom was home with lunch.
There is not a lot of room left in the nest. They are close to leaving.

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Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

I'm afraid your nest is in a rather precarious building zone, Frank. Are you addicted to compositing now? I can offer a support group contact, if needed

NJFrank Loc: New Jersey

Linda From Maine wrote:

I'm afraid your nest is in a rather precarious building zone, Frank. Are you addicted to compositing now? I can offer a support group contact, if needed

LOL yes I need a understanding support group. Hi my name is Frank and I am a compositor.

My wife found the nest on a electrical box on the side of a fieldhouse. So I thought that she and the family needed an upgrade.

NJFrank Loc: New Jersey

After your comment, I thought a remodeling job was in order.

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Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

NJFrank wrote:

After your comment, I thought a remodeling job was in order.

That burl (?) sure is photogenic.

I wonder about moving the nest so it appears to be back further; that would probably require showing less of the nest itself (just a peek of the top of the nest + all the bird action). I'm stuck between reality and fanciful here - but that's my problem, not yours

NJFrank Loc: New Jersey

Linda From Maine wrote:

That burl (?) sure is photogenic.

I wonder about moving the nest so it appears to be back further; that would probably require making showing less of the nest itself (just a peek of the top of the nest + all the bird action). I'm stuck between reality and fanciful here - but that's my problem, not yours

I already have plans to for the huge nob. To my eye it looks like hideous face. That is why I originally took the shot. With the idea that I would be using it in some kind of composite. For this shot I cropped most of it out.
As for moving the nest so as to just show the top, that is also an option available. This is why I like working and improving my composites. The door is wide open when it comes to creating a composite.

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

NJFrank wrote:

I already have plans to for the huge nob. To my eye it looks like hideous face. That is why I originally took the shot. With the idea that I would be using it in some kind of composite. For this shot I cropped most of it out.
As for moving the nest so as to just show the top, that is also an option available. This is why I like working and improving my composites. The door is wide open when it comes to creating a composite.

Neat to hear you're compiling a library of images. I've been doing that with texture candidates + skies.

Yep, the sky's the limit with playful pp!

ebrunner Loc: New Jersey Shore

NJFrank wrote:

My hats off to my wife. She spotted this nest when she was out. Called me and told me actually where to find it. Sure enough not long after I showed up mom was home with lunch.
There is not a lot of room left in the nest. They are close to leaving.

That is nicely done. I love the details in the wood. The mother is very sharp although some of the chicks seem to have been moving just a tad too quickly for your shutter. No matter. The important elements are sharp. Good photo.
Erich

NJFrank Loc: New Jersey

Thanks, as I mentioned to Linda, they were on an electrical box from a field house. The shutter speed was rather slow. If I remember correctly 1/30.
Like most kids the kids They couldn’t sit still wanting to be fed. 😀 So it was either getting the mother or the chicks sharp. But not both.