Smiling Grebes

Gallery: AvianPosted November 4, 2010115 views13 comments

I swear these two have big smiles on there faces, so did I looking at that color of first morning sun water
Canon 7D 300 mm 2.8 Lw/2X
6400 ISO f9 @1/160

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Dan Moore on November 4, 2010 at 8:43 PM

Perfect ripples on georgeous water. Centered comp good here IMO. I can seewhy you were smiling.

Dan

Registered on February 11, 2010, 143 Posts, 1248 Comments

Comment posted by Luke Ormand on November 4, 2010 at 9:28 PM

I love the colors and comp - but think the crazy high ISO hurt you here because there is a serious lack of detail in the birds which makes them appear fuzzy

Registered on February 4, 2009, 1093 Posts, 7035 Comments

Comment posted by Michael Lotito on November 4, 2010 at 10:02 PM

The water is over the top beautiful. Nice shot!

Registered on June 26, 2009, 181 Posts, 1558 Comments

Comment posted by Alan Murphy on November 4, 2010 at 10:26 PM

Good use of centering your subject. It works well here.

Registered on December 3, 2003, 192 Posts, 739 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Teller on November 4, 2010 at 11:39 PM

I really like the water, but I also think the birds lack detail.

Registered on August 23, 2010, 1162 Posts, 6692 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Gulash on November 5, 2010 at 12:30 AM

Hi Cheryl. The ripples, birds facing opposite directions and the stunning colors make for an interesting and attractive photo. My approach would likely have been to trade some iso for a bigger aperture, but that's just me and it is informative to look at other approaches to a given situation.

Registered on January 28, 2005, 879 Posts, 12098 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Archer on November 5, 2010 at 2:31 AM

Beautiful autumn reflections and grebes to go with it, way cool Cheryl.

Ken Archer

Registered on October 28, 2004, 222 Posts, 6683 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Dudley on November 5, 2010 at 7:50 AM

The colors are great Cheryl. I agree with the nits though.

Registered on March 30, 2007, 437 Posts, 10915 Comments

Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on November 5, 2010 at 7:47 PM

awesome colors, Cheryl. love the ripples, and good poses too. given the conditions I think you got a very good looking shot.

Registered on March 21, 2009, 202 Posts, 4187 Comments

Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on November 5, 2010 at 9:20 PM

Thanks everyone. The high ISO was due to the fact that i was with another 7D user and I was complaining about the noise I get at low ISO and how much I've pretty much grown to hate this camera. He showed me his images amazingly noiseless at high ISO so I jacked mine up to see what i would get. Yes I could have dropped to f8 or so but I really wanted both birds in focus and they were swimming back and forth. Back to the ISO , I did find that the higher ISO on my particular camera had BETTER noise value than at 320. Pretty sad. So... after all of my complaining to Canon I still need to send in the camera for repair. Sooo Sad! Thanks all for the critiques

Registered on June 30, 2009, 300 Posts, 5051 Comments

Comment posted by Monica Siri on November 6, 2010 at 12:50 PM

Cheryl,
sorry for the problem with your camera. Great water colors and pose of the birds.