American Oystercatcher and Chick

Posted by Axel Hildebrandt on Sun Aug 01, 2021 4:07 pm

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Photographed on Long Island early in the morning. That little Oystercatcher was quite hungry.

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by Moby Dick on Sun Aug 01, 2021 6:08 pm

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Outstanding color, poses, behavior, and comp.

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by peter makuch on Sun Aug 01, 2021 7:21 pm

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a tender moment between adult and chick, nicely done AXEL.

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by paul fletcher on Sun Aug 01, 2021 8:25 pm

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A wonderful image, Axel, always special with a pair of subjects. A very interesting moment captured, so well.

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by Karl Egressy on Sun Aug 01, 2021 8:32 pm

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Nice feeding behavior captured.

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by Cindy Marple on Sun Aug 01, 2021 9:24 pm

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They just don't get much better than this. What a terrific pose, lovely light, great perspective. I LOVE this!

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by david fletcher on Mon Aug 02, 2021 12:59 am

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Excellent behaviour and moment captured Axel. Superb light and low viewpoint.

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by Carol Clarke on Mon Aug 02, 2021 1:43 pm

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Superb capture of parent and chick interacting with food in an intimate moment, Axel! Love the poses, detail, colour, eye level view - and that gorgeous early morning light! A pleasure to view. Love everything about it!!

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by ADKShooter on Mon Aug 02, 2021 7:32 pm

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Carol Clarke wrote:Superb capture of parent and chick interacting with food in an intimate moment, Axel! Love the poses, detail, colour, eye level view - and that gorgeous early morning light! A pleasure to view. Love everything about it!!

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+1. I'll echo everything Carol already related. Wonderful image !!

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