Nice shot. Even better if you still have the top of your scalp!
Mike.
It took me a moment to work that comment out! Yes, I am still in possession of my scalp. The mother was there but seemed fairly relaxed... I was on a boat and not quite within baby-snatching range (using a 300mm +1.4x = 420mm lens).
I like this one.
I would darken parts of the image a tad. It could be due to the jpg conversion but the egg shell is a little blown out and the background area is a bit distracting.
But in the department of rare and entirely cool moments this scores well.
Gosh, you are right. I hadn't noticed the shell. Actually the shell is not blown according to the histogram in LR but is close. Here is another version with the shell slightly darkened, a small crop to take away some of the background, and a little vignette.
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Yes the moment was rare and very cool. The cherry on the cake was that I was with my children when we saw this and I suspect this will be etched in their memory for some time.
Ed