A tender touch


Posted by Square Man1 on Sun Apr 26, 2015 4:51 am

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Loons taken at first light, the day before the egg had not hatched, it was nice to witness this sweet moment.

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by Carol Clarke on Sun Apr 26, 2015 7:49 am
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Wonderful image Rob! A beautiful capture of this intimate moment and perfect low angle. Love it!
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by Leighayres on Sun Apr 26, 2015 8:51 am
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Beautiful shot. I like how the lighting creates a "zone" highlighting the 2 loons. Also love the low angle.
Nice capture.
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by George Whalen on Sun Apr 26, 2015 10:28 am
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Great shot Rob
 

by Jim Urbach on Sun Apr 26, 2015 11:49 am
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lovely capture of this chicks first morning
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by Ed Erkes on Sun Apr 26, 2015 1:00 pm
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Quite beautiful! The colors in the water and background really add a lot to this image!
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by Tim Zurowski on Sun Apr 26, 2015 2:01 pm
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Gorgeous sweet image Robert!
 

by EscapeFL on Mon Apr 27, 2015 10:04 am
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Lovely image Rob. Great light, subjects and composition. Way to go!

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by Randy Lowden on Mon Apr 27, 2015 12:02 pm
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A beautiful moment and image.
 

by Karl Egressy on Mon Apr 27, 2015 5:04 pm
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Beauty!!!!! and congratulations, Rob.
 

by Graeme Guy on Mon Apr 27, 2015 5:19 pm
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There have been a number of Loon and chick shots but this would be on the peak.....the intimate moment and the lighting put it over the top.


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by David Salem on Tue Apr 28, 2015 4:54 pm
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Beautiful intimate frame. Well done
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by Sougata De on Thu Apr 30, 2015 6:04 am
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a luvly image
 

by Gen Benjamin on Sat May 02, 2015 12:05 am
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Oh this is lovely, such a tender moment between adult and chick
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