Excellent, Christine!
I like the first shot best. Great detail. That 60-250 is impressively
sharp, isn't it?
-- Walt
On 5/18/2013 9:53 AM, Christine Nielsen wrote:
A robin family built a nest in a bush right outside our back door,
practically on top of the driveway. I have been watching mama robin
do her thing for about a week... every time I'd check on her, she'd
be dutifully sitting on her nest. Then, a couple of days ago, I
peeked, and she wasn't there. Sure enough, she had a nestful of
hatchlings. Four, in all.
I'm not much of a nature photographer, but this was a pretty easy get,
and - bonus! - I didn't have to wake up before dawn to hike out into
the middle of a swamp. Tricky business, still. Getting a clear line
of sight into the nest without trimming the boxwood and not getting
too close for mama's comfort was a challenge.
Anyway, I ended up with one or two that I like:
http://www.christinenielsen.com/sharing/h5fc506ae#h5fc505cc
I used the 60-250, and cropped pretty heavily... I think the image
held up ok, considering... what do you think?
Unfortunately, there might be a sad ending to this tale... yesterday,
I didn't see mama in the nest except once in the morning. No little
beaks or tufty heads peeking out of the nest all day, either. And
nothing today. I fear the worst... that my snooping on them may have
spooked mama, or tipped off a crow or other predator to a tasty lunch.
:(
A shame, since I was hoping that mama would stick around & give me
some pointers on shoving younguns out of the nest...
-c
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