PHOTOGRAPH INFO

These shots were taken on Friday at the Penn State Cooperative Extension office in Bucks County where I work as a Master Gardener answering the 'horticulture hotline' phone. The local 4-H is in the same building and I'm often lucky to see all different sorts of animals in there.

These turkey chicks will be raised by 4-H kids over the summer and fall; in November they'll be 'processed' for Thanksgiving dinner. By then the turkeys will weigh about 45 pounds. Not sure how they fit in the oven, but there you go.

A bit of trivia: these domestic turkey chicks look identical to wild turkey chicks.

Post-processing: Shot with the Canon EOS 5D and the Canon 180mm f3.5L Macro lens at 180mm, ISO 1600, shutter speed 1/400s, aperture f/4. Curves, color balancing.

Thank you for visiting Durham Township!

-- Kathleen

I must complain a bit. This year is going way too fast without your starting up with Thanksgiving already, (will we be seeing Jakey with an ax?) But got to add, those are the cutest turkeys I EVER saw.......EVER! Looks more like tiger turkeys....."Turkey the Tiger?".....Kellogg's?

And, am I to understand that I can call the Bucks County Horticulture Hot Line to discuss my lawn with KC/MG? (I'm dialing now......oops,it's 2AM.....nevermind.)

Thanks for shooting the turkeys

Beautiful - shame they'll end up on someone's plate.

Awww...They are so cute!!! I may never be able to eat turkey again after seeing these adorable little chicks. We have quite a few wild turkey around here, but I've never seen them as chicks only adults.

When it comes to gardening, I'm a member of the "Brown Thumb Club" The only thing I grow with proficiency are weeds, lots and lots of weeds.

I had one very good year with my garden/landscaping but it resulted in a disk injury in my back that laid me up for about a year, and I've had an aversion to gardening ever since. Oh well. I do love looking at beautiful gardens though.

adorable. I like the group shot.

Love the dof on the first one. Great tone and lighting as usual!

Great detail on the single chick. The group reminds me of the old sepia toned photos...a study in brown. This is a turkey shoot that was worth going to.

Great capture - our neighbors just got baby chicks as well and they just move too darn fast for my lens! Nice work as always Kathleen

I can never understand how something so cute can grow up to be so...not.

haha! Great shots as always. I actually have a photography book entitled 'eye to eye' that shows single animals, and then them in large groups. This reminded me of that...

Sweet... I can almost hear all those little sounds they are making.

adorable. love the deep contrast.

Great shots. I love the nice sharp details. Nicely done.

Make that "Flying Tigers,"

Master photographer AND master gardener? Where do your talents end? My boys said "Wow!" when I shared the chick shots. I can almost feel the fuzz.

Bellissima

They could've been tiger turkey chicks. Great capture!

Very beautyful capture ! great détail ...