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Mo-o-o-m-m-m! We Want Breakfast!!
3rd PlaceMo-o-o-m-m-m! We Want Breakfast!!
MaryO


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Wildlife IX (Standard Editing)
Collection: Birds
Camera: Nikon Z8
Lens: Nikon NIKKOR Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR
Date: Jul 22, 2025
Aperture: F6.3
ISO: 1200
Shutter: 1/800
Date Uploaded: Jul 22, 2025

 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers. If you look closely you can see Mom has a Katydid she's about to feed to a chick. There are actually 4 babies squooshed into that nest. I don't think it will be long till they fledge.

PP - converted from RAW in Topaz Photo AI (noise reduction), opened in PS Elements, cropped, cloned out 2 spots, levels, dodged catchlights, resized, unsharp mask
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Place: 3 out of 24
Avg (all users): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 6.9333
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Views since voting: 889
Views during voting: 82
Votes: 36
Comments: 9
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 08/14/2025 11:52:44 AM
Congratulations! What a lovely scene you have captured.
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 08/11/2025 12:39:43 PM
Congratulations this is an amazing capture, so special. I can't imaging what it must have been like being there in the moment. Beautiful capture!
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 08/11/2025 12:31:04 PM
Love your word squooshed almost as much as those sweet little birds! Congrats!
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 08/11/2025 11:29:25 AM
Congratulations on yellow ribbon. The eye is naturally guided to the center of the action—the mother's beak touching a baby's. This is the point of connection, the heart of the photo. It's an image that speaks of care, transmission, and the cycle of life. It could illustrate a story, a nature awareness campaign, or simply be admired for its raw beauty. Good work

Message edited by author 2025-08-11 15:21:53.
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 08/11/2025 11:16:20 AM
Congratulations! What a wonderful image! Great to share fourth place with you!
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 08/11/2025 07:11:30 AM
Congrats Mary - what a wonderful scene!
Good composition with the diagonal tree and the lovely green shades as bg.
That nest seems to be way too small for three - no four of the little ones!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/10/2025 08:27:55 AM
Great capture!
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 08/09/2025 12:16:37 AM
That's an awesome nest! What kind of bird makes that? I hope you tell us in the photographers comments.
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 08/04/2025 03:21:19 PM
so cute - I would cut out from the lower part of the frame but overall it is a nice picture IMHO 7
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