Jesters of the bird world?

[SARtech]

Killdeer are still one of my favorites. Everytime I see them I have to chuckle.

[gotrocks]

"Order in the court, I jest not #2 gets the Blue ribbon for first place."

(Ok court jester... get it)

[mn shutterbug]

I actually perfer the first, due to seeing very few if any, photos of the frontal view of this bird. However, they are both good shots.

[A.M.D.A.]

2nd vote for the first image. Both are awesome though, great colours and shallow DOF.

[SARtech]

lol gotrocks!

Mike... I can get more of the front easily. These shots were taken 10 feet from where I park my car by the guard house. There must be a nest not too far away because they are always hanging around me there. Front, back, you name it and I could snap it. LOL

Alex... does the head look out of focus to you in the first shot? Something about it bugs me. I do like the frontal shot better, but the side view just has sharper detail to me.

[A.M.D.A.]

Yes, I agree with you about the head being slightly OOF. Not a huge deal... Just a smidget---but the shooting angle / pose really wins this shot. :thumbsup:

The second one would've been even better if the head was angled slightly toward the camera.