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Hungry Babies
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Challenge: Free Study 2010-06 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM
Location: Wales
Date: Jun 12, 2010
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 200
Galleries: Nature, Birds
Date Uploaded: Jun 30, 2010

 Firstly thanks for all the votes and comments

This was taken whilst shooting a weddings in Wales with Mark Simms. It was a lovely venue in the countryside and these bluetits had made a nest in one of the walls of the gardens.

It was great watching mummy (or daddy) going back and forth collecting food for the babies. This particular caterpillar was huge and it took the lucky baby ages to swallow it!

As for the crop, I tried a tighter crop to make the birds bigger but it just didnt work as well for me as this one giving a bit more depth with the oof foreground. That's why I shot it at 2.8 after all!!

I was hoping for a higher score but it was on 5.6 for the first few days so I can live with a 6 :0)

Thanks again

Statistics
Place: 78 out of 341
Avg (all users): 6.0484
Avg (commenters): 7.7143
Avg (participants): 6.0645
Avg (non-participants): 6.0000
Views since voting: 912
Views during voting: 217
Votes: 124
Comments: 10
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 07/08/2010 03:44:18 AM
Absolutely super photo - and what a lovely diversion it must have been to watch them!
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 07/08/2010 01:25:35 AM
way underrated .. wonderful capture, very well done,
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/07/2010 11:26:47 PM
What a find!! Adorable!! Love it!
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 07/03/2010 02:34:59 PM
This is great shot of the birds. I'd crop it much tighter as all the interest is in the left half of the frame.
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 07/03/2010 12:49:27 PM
awesome capture - love how they are all 'singing' at more
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 07/02/2010 10:08:53 PM
Oooooh! Nice catch! I love it!
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 07/02/2010 08:14:05 PM
I would think a square crop would perhaps work better here. The birds are so wonderful and such an excellent capture, but a good half of the picture is the oof stone. You need some of it to get the idea of the setting, but I think 1/3-1/2 of the stone would be more than enough.

Fantastic capture!
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 07/01/2010 11:48:22 AM
oh my god this is so lovely!!!!! Fantastic capture!
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 07/01/2010 04:04:29 AM
Nice capture!
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 07/01/2010 01:41:35 AM
How did you ever get this shot/??
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