Black - necked Grebe

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7 replies

Posted by Andy Shepherd on February 1, 2007 at 9:39 AM

Hi to all,
Black-necked Grebe , taken at Potteric Carr last year.
Crop for comp , levels , contrast and usm in CS2.
Canon 20D , 300mm F4 L IS , 1.4t/c , Hand held.
F6.3 @ 1/400th iso 100.

All comments and advice most welcome

Kind regards
Andy...

Posted by jack chapman on February 1, 2007 at 1:35 PM

Hi

nice capture. water droplets add to it and what an eye. nice comp to

Posted by Justin on February 1, 2007 at 1:39 PM

What an attractive looking species.A nice shot with the way the grebe's head is angled slightly towards the camera, working particularly well.
I feel cropping this to a panoramic format would be one option that would work well,or at least losing just a little from the top of the frame would be an idea,just enough to lose the small ripples near the top edge.

Posted by Paula Graham on February 1, 2007 at 6:38 PM

Superb bird, very nicely 'shot'.
I would go for the pano option too.

Posted by Tim Munsey on February 2, 2007 at 7:50 AM

Hi Andy,
Last time I saw one of these (in Otley) I was so excited I dropped 5K's worth of stuff in a lake, so watchout for those demon eyes! Nice shot

Tim

Posted by PhilH on February 2, 2007 at 9:06 AM

Nice, what a great eye

the pano option looks a good one....

Posted by John Swift on February 2, 2007 at 2:05 PM

Hi Andy, whilst I feel the fabulous subject is captured here rather well I often find a rippled surface lets an image down. In the abscence of still weather the only option is to get right down to water level which is very often not possible either.

Regards

JohnS

Posted by Andy Shepherd on February 4, 2007 at 12:10 PM

Hi to all,
Thanks for the comments and advice.

Regards
Andy...