Mother and Child

[mrsisu]

Carolina Wren feeding baby worm. Taken in Greensboro NC last year at one of Gary Carters Photo weekends. Using tripod mounted D2X and 200-400 zoom at 400 with High Speed Crop on so eqivalent of 800mm. Also using a Nikon SB 800 flash and Better Beamer. Was shooting a Red Bellied Woodpecker when Gary shouted "Caroliana Wren feeding babies on left" Only got this one shot

[rpk717]

Don, great behavior shot. Showing Mom shoving the worm in the mouth is great timing on your part. If you had to get one, this was the "one".:)

[Casey]

Special moments like this don't happen often. You have to have quick reactions. Wonderful picture.

[BobWilliams]

If your "one shots" are all as good as this one, you can get by with fewer shots! This is a great addition to your behavior stack--hope to see this in December at CCC.

[Photobiologist]

If that was the only shot you got of it, you got the right one! Good going! Neat shot!!

[randy]

Super shot of the interaction between mother and child. I love it!

[richardbernabe]

Superb behavioral image, Don. It doesn't get any better.

I must admit, however, that the funky-patterned bokeh is a little distracting. Is that a function of that particular lens all of the time?

[mrsisu]

Hi, don't think its a characteristic of the lens as haven't seen it before (I don't think) I assume you are refering to the background. The background is more then likely the combo of the distance from the main subject, the lighting and the plants that were there.

[wetbelly]

Great interaction! The BG almost looks like brushstrokes. :)