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Essence of Spring

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Posted by Jeroen Stel on April 11, 2007 at 6:42 AM
Essence of Spring
Hi Guys,

This week i have been occupied with work and have hardly had any time to go out and shoot. Still i had been observing a couple of Great crested Grebes on a nest near my home recently and now the eggs have hatched and family life has started for them. So i decided i could spare half an hour and went over to the Grebes to take some couple of hundreds shots.

Here's one that i really liked.

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel

Canon 20D
Shutter speed: 1/800 sec
Aperture: F 5.0
Exposure mode: Av
Exposure compensation: - 1 2/3
Flash:no
Flash exposure compensation: no
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: Ai Focus
ISO: 400
Lens: 500mm F4.5+1.7x TC
Focal length:1360 mm
AF mode: Auto Focus
Full Frame
Laying flat on the ground using homemade Beanbag
Levels/Curves/USM/Contrast/Saturation/Noise Ninja/Lab-Sharpening
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Posted by Paul Hillion on April 11, 2007 at 7:28 AM
Lovely shot of family life, you've done well keeping everything in focus at that focal length and at f5. I love the colours you've captured. The image looks to me to be going slightly uphill from left to right although that's a very minor nit.

Best wishes & thanks for sharing.
Posted by Dave Courtenay on April 11, 2007 at 7:52 AM
You are well ahead of us here in Switzerland-they are still at the nest building stage-I checked last years shots and chicks were not around until june-Lovely image and one i hope to get in a couple of months :toast:
Posted by Graeme Lee on April 11, 2007 at 8:10 AM
Superb image Jeroen. I too think a bit of CW rotation would level it up. Love the crop and composition and the shooting angle and light all go together to make this a lovely image. Must get away from my feeders and find what our Grebes are up to :wink:

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Posted by Rob Ashton on April 11, 2007 at 8:28 AM
Very nicely done Jeroen,

Exposure looks superb and the angle makes it special.

Rob :toast:
Posted by Mark Fellowes on April 11, 2007 at 9:47 AM
Fantastic shot, lovely colour - superb!

:toast:

Mark
Posted by Nick Caddick on April 11, 2007 at 11:27 AM
Great angle and great shot !



Posted by David Taylor on April 11, 2007 at 11:33 AM
Superb glimpse into Grebe family life.
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Posted by Barrie Courtenay on April 11, 2007 at 1:10 PM
Hi Jeroen ,fantastic image of great looking bird

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Posted by Tim Munsey on April 11, 2007 at 2:21 PM
Nice one, very cute. What's your bean bag recipe?

:toast:

Tim
Posted by Mark sellings on April 12, 2007 at 3:51 AM
Just beautiful - one shot I would love to get above many others.

:toast: :toast:

Mark
Posted by Jim Greenfield on April 12, 2007 at 7:53 AM
Outstanding again! You are well ahead of where I live in North Yorkshire where the local grebes have just started sitting.
Posted by Alan Bryant on April 12, 2007 at 10:30 AM
One of the best Grebe shots i've seen on this forum.

Awesome :toast: :toast: :toast: