Magnificent Frigate Bird Mother and Chick

Very nice!  The timing and composition is perfect!

A lovely capture and presentation here. Your clarity is very good and I'm assuming that the bland lighting is the nature of the day...overcast, which is unfortunate.

Handheld or tripoded(sp)?

Well done........... and envious shot here.

Regards

Super nature shot - great exposure, colour and composition.  Nicely timed, too.  Well done.

Thanks Grayham,

This was handheld with my 200-400mm lens (at 400mm). As for the unfortunate lighting, I was actually quite pleased with the overcast conditions seeing as it was the middle of the day and the sun would have been deadly to the photo. The real action happened just after the mother served up a fish. A male that had been circling above, attacked the chick and tried to steal the fish. After a brief but intense battle, the chick emerged victorious. http://seancrane.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/frigate_2.jpg

That's an amazing shot, too!

This second image deserves its "space in the sun" as well... not tacked on here........... A lovely image and story

Congrats

Grayham

Hi Sean,

The first picture is great but the second one is stunning. Very dramatic and intense.

Best regards Per.