alioffe

Thank you, Giangiorgio,

This is the same bird

https://www.photo.net/photo/18458407/

but you can see that it was windy day. On this particular day temperature was below zero and very windy. This guy just finished its lunch and resting in satisfactory mood. Later I will post pictures where he is in process of taking his lunch.

Gregory and Verena,

Thanks a lot.

I'm glad you like it

Hi Giangiorgio,

I was lucky to watch the whole process from very close distance, about 3 meters, from egg-laying to leaving-the-nest. The process from hatching-the-eggs to leaving-the nest took less the than three week, It is when I took a couple thousand photos. So I pretty accurately have documented the whole process.

The order of these two photos is actually opposite: firstly "feeding stage" and then "watching stage". I'm not a zoologist and at first I was puzzled what he/she (in my understanding both parents are equal in the nursing process) doing after feeding, why he/she watches calmly after feeding a minute or so on chicks. It looks like it makes some kind decision or admiringly looking at the new generation. But then I figured out what she/he is doing is waiting when chicks will be defecating. Immediately when a chick takes the position to defecate, the parent neatly catches the capsule and swallows it.

The parent also clean up the nest regularly. I know the bald eagle chicks (at least at some adult stage), jet feces outside the nest. So the ground under the tree becomes white. The jay chicks cannot do so. The parents clean up the nest regularly and carry away the feces. So the ground under the tree always is clean. That could be an adaptation mechanism to make more difficult for predators to find the nest. BTW, when no parents around, the chicks are very quiet and make no sound. And even during the feeding they are very quiet. Compare to, for example, starling chicks who are very noisy.

Perhaps opening more shadows could give better look at the details of this wonderful picture

I like the close distance to them

Thank you, Eduardo

Hi Giangiorgio,

Your works are excellent and inspirational. Love them. Thank you for leaving comment on my photos

Thank you, Giangiorgio,

Your works are very impressive and inspirational. Love it

Dramatical moment. Love this!

I'm not a specialist in such type of photo, but to my taste the light is harsh, the shadows is too noticeable and distract. Look at nose and the chin areas. I think, the light should be more disperse

Thank you Eduardo! Please look more pictures I uploaded today. Hope you will enjoy them

Gregory and Verena Sava, Thank you for commenting on the photo. Please review more pictures I uploaded recently. Hope you will enjoy them

Thanks a lot, Chris

Fantastic lighting!

Photo was taken an hour before sundown. It made the stones more yellow. Thank you for viewing

But I cannot accept that it is so distorted. Have you tried to correct it? Thank you

Thank you for kind words.

Radu, there is nothing special. I used GND filter (which is noticeable), 16-35 2.8 Canon lens and 5DIII, at f=16mm, shutter speed - 1 sec at f/14, ISO 100, 7:49 AM, 2012-12-08. Temperature was a bit higher 0 degree Celsius, which causes frost, you noticed. In Lightroom postprocessing I added  contrast, sharpness, clarity and slightly vibrance. I also moved colour balance more to yellow otherwise the foreground is too blue (the dry grass in fact is light yellow). I also used "Camera landscape" profile and gradual filter on the bottom to align a bit brightness (I think not enough).

Thanks again to everyone for viewing

Thank you Dave for suggestions. I doubt someone knows whose this face is. This all is act of God. But if someone still thinks who is this person, please let me know:) Please note, that the photo underwent only basic post-processing: BW transformation, sharpness, contrast, etc. No any photoshop tricks 

While on recent trip to Olympic NP, Washington, visited very popular place -

La Push. Taking pictures of stormy ocean I also noticed something ...

Please view larger

Thank you for feed back

This is one of the finest macro work I've ever seen. Could not think what could be improved. Technically, artistically and originality are best of the best. Thank you!

Any comments are appreciated. Thank you for viewing

Comments are welcomed. Thank you!

Great composition, great shot.

I'd like to see larger 

Radu,

Great shot!

I love it.

You could try GND to make the sky color richer