Thanks everyone! It was a magical moment.
As I mentioned, I am trying to include more environment with my present images, getting a close up image of a bird has lost its original challenge. I have thousands of them, I do not need any more (although I still shoot them, I can not help myself). I also found my images too often looked pretty much the same as everyone else's. What fun is that?
I am now finding including more is actually much harder, probably why I did not do it in the past. Getting a composition that works, getting a background that is not distracting, getting light that adds to the work, is difficult, at least for me. Then the birds do not listen, and almost never do what I want them to do. I am lucky that the nests do not move. I have found when there will be light on the nests I am following, so now I just have to wait and hope something happens. Sometimes it does, often it doesn't.
Raining for the next couple of days, so I am printing. Likely be 2-3 days before I can take the boat out again. I can't wait. This new challenge has brought the joy back into my shooting. Wow, what a wonderful thing.
By the way, I like surprises in my pictures, most have them. Something you do not notice until you look at the picture for a while, a reward. Dad is in the first image, always close by protecting the nest. Difficult to see in a small web sized image, but in a 20x30" print he is clearly there, but hidden. It is the dessert.
Gary
