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Western Grebes

by Charlie VanTassel

Gallery: AvianPosted March 12, 20151,179 views10 comments
It's mating season, and the local Grebes are putting on quite a show. This is a feeding behavior. The male (right) has just handed off his gift to the female (left). You can see in this photo the size difference that helps to distinguish the two.

Nikon D4
600mm
f8
1/2500-1 ev
iso 800

Comments

10 comments
Comment posted by Luke Ormand on March 12, 2015 at 6:23 PM
Excellent capture CVT - nice interaction and good control of the exposure

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Comment posted by Tjie Poo on March 12, 2015 at 6:35 PM
Wonderful behavioral shot Charlie ! Love the reflections ! :toast:
Registered on December 4, 2012, 51 Posts, 511 Comments
Comment posted by Hans Overduin on March 13, 2015 at 5:56 AM
Great behavior, well captured. I like the reflection of the right grebe's eye ! Cheers, Hans
Registered on August 31, 2011, 491 Posts, 3807 Comments
Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on March 13, 2015 at 9:07 AM
Great shot Charlie. Wonderful shooting with you. :toast: :eek:
Registered on March 13, 2011, 326 Posts, 1679 Comments
Comment posted by Steve Thompson on March 13, 2015 at 9:51 AM
Great capture Charlie! Those eye's look like their electric. Nice story too.
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Comment posted by John Neukirch on March 13, 2015 at 1:41 PM
A beautiful image and valuable information about their behavior. Only thing I'd do is clone out the two white specs above the bird on the left. :toast:
Registered on July 9, 2012, 207 Posts, 1476 Comments
Comment posted by Nate Chappell on March 13, 2015 at 4:20 PM
Very cool Charlie, I particularly like the interaction and the partial reflections, if it were mine I would crop some from the top. :toast:
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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on March 15, 2015 at 9:45 PM
Really nice job of capturing this behavior Charlie. Well executed and presented. :toast:
Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments
Comment posted by David Bogener on March 16, 2015 at 11:33 AM
Another wonderful grebe behavioral image. Consider a pano crop?
Registered on October 30, 2013, 417 Posts, 1255 Comments
Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on March 16, 2015 at 7:54 PM
Great behavioral shot. You can see the love in their eyes.
Registered on March 23, 2006, 1111 Posts, 6531 Comments