'Stop yelling at me.... I didn't do it' - Noisy Minor Chicks
Meet ' Squirt & Midget'. A pair of noisy minor chicks I rescued and housed for 24 & 48 hours then released back to the wild for their parents to finish raising...
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Meet ' Squirt & Midget'. A pair of noisy minor chicks I rescued and housed for 24 & 48 hours then released back to the wild for their parents to finish raising.
Midget was found in my driveway at 11pm one evening after returning home from a night out on the town. Squirt was dropped off on my doorstep by his parents at 6pm the next evening. I fed and housed them until the parents showed up on day three wanting their children back. I placed them in a cage outside, then opened the door and waited for them to join their parents.
This is Squirt left, Midget right, waiting for me to feed them
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Midget was found in my driveway at 11pm one evening after returning home from a night out on the town. Squirt was dropped off on my doorstep by his parents at 6pm the next evening. I fed and housed them until the parents showed up on day three wanting their children back. I placed them in a cage outside, then opened the door and waited for them to join their parents.
This is Squirt left, Midget right, waiting for me to feed them
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borderlight
February 02, 2015
That is hilarious!! The expression of the one on the left is priceless :) Great capture!
Roach1969
February 08, 2015
Thanks Cristal... Yep little Squirt looks likes he/she's being told off by their sibling :)
Roach1969
February 08, 2015
Thanks LaMar... This pic was taken over a year ago. These 2 still visit me each day for snacks :)
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July 15, 2015
Thanks Russ.... It was a nice surprise to get the message from Viewbug this morning :D
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September 16, 2015
Cheers, Thanks Blair.... yes this was the pick of the bunch from the MANY photos taken that day :D
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pamwemhaner
December 28, 2016
I love this capture. Unfortunately the white lines behind the birds are a distraction and take away from the intensity of the larger bird's intense expression. Great capture.
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This was taken in our dining room at home. I am a mostly self taught hobby photographer, but have dabbled with wedding, portrait, real estate, event, family event, commercial and product photography. I have had a keen interest in photography since the age of 12. I took photography as a subject in high school and my grandfather built a darkroom under his 2 storey house so I could dabble with processing my own black and white photos... My first job out of school in 1986 was working in a mini-lab/photo studio where I started off taking passport photos in a studio setting. I also processed film ready for printing. I continued working for 22 years in commercial photo labs in NZ working for Kodak, Viko & Kroma Colour prints. I have a keen interest in wildlife photography, especially birds and I'm known for always having my camera on me.Time
This photo was taken 7.59am, 26 Sept 2013. These noisy minor chicks were waiting patiently for their second morning feed.Lighting
I used my Nikon SB 600 flash and bounced the light off the ceiling, rather than using direct flash on the subject.Equipment
This was shot on a Nikon D90 camera with a Nikon 18mm-70mm lens. Focal length 55mm, F5.6, Shutter speed 1/40th sec, ISO 200. Nikon SB 600 flash mounted on top of camera and bounced from the ceiling. A hand help cature (no tripod) but cropped slightly to eliminate part of the backgroundInspiration
As these were rescue chicks, I didn't know how long they would be in my care, so I wanted to get some photos of them before releasing them back into the wild for their parents to finish rearing. They were comfortable being around my partner and I and they were happy being handled by us, so I set off taking a range of shots of them in a 4 hour period. This is them waiting to be fed. By 3pm the same day the parents were sitting outside on our outdoor furniture calling out for their children to be returned. I placed both babies in a cage, set the cage on our outdoor table, opened the door of the cage, went back inside my house. From the our dining room window we watched the parents land on the cage and entice the young ones out of the cage. They all hung around our house until late evening. The next morning the whole group were back, but this time in our mango tree. I took another series of photos of the parents and other members of their group return several times to feed the chicks.Editing
There was limited post production made to this photo. Contrast was increased slightly and density increased a little to make the image lighter. Then the image was cropped slightly to remove some of the background.In my camera bag
Nikon D90 Camera body, Nikon 18-70mm lens, Nikon 70-300 lens, Tokina 11-16mm lens, Nikon SB600 flash. Universal Cloud Lambency Flash Diffuser, Aputure Pro wireless Remote, 2-3 spare ENEL-3E Batteries, 4x4 sets of AA batteries, 3-4 spare 8 GB SD cards. I always have my Fancier WF662A in my car in case I see a shot that requires my tripodFeedback
Have patience and take a lot of photos. The beauty of digital is that you can take lots of photos and select your favourite image later. If the composition isn't quite right, then cropping works wonders to achieve a more pleasing or 'different point of view' result.
