Black-necked Grebe with chick

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Posted by Jeroen Stel on July 17, 2009 at 11:49 AM

Hi Guys,

I have recently discovered a new nature reserve near my home and there's all kind of interesting waterfowl down there. Besides Ruff, Baillon's Crake, Porcelain Crake, Spoonbill and Black Tern i discovered several pairs of Black-necked Grebes today and some with chicks.
So here's one of them with next years genereation on it's back..(and 2 more hiding)

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel

Canon Eos 1D Mark3
Shutter speed: 1/1000 sec
Aperture: F 8
Exposure mode: AV
Exposure compensation: - 1
Flash:no
Flash exposure compensation: -
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: AI Focus
ISO: 800
Lens: Canon 600mm F4 + 1,4x TC
Focal length: 1092 mm
AF mode: Auto Focus
On tripod & Wimberley Sidekick
Levels/Curves/USM/Contrast/Saturation/Noise Ninja/My own mix-Sharpening
Bibble Pro / Adobe Photoshop CS4

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Posted by Andy Shepherd on July 17, 2009 at 2:24 PM

Works for me Jeroen, we have a pair of these on my local nature reserve too, but I'm still trying to capture this scene, nice one.

Andy...

Posted by Justin on July 17, 2009 at 2:30 PM

That's a very nice shot and the 'choppy' water adds further to the images interest.

Posted by Craig Jones on July 17, 2009 at 3:53 PM

Love the colours,beautiful image and that eye is stunning, lovely image Jeroen

Posted by Tom Smit on July 18, 2009 at 1:20 AM

Hi Jeroen, great shot of this bird(s). I never manged to get one, only the common grebe.

Posted by Magnus Hird on July 18, 2009 at 5:00 AM

Fab colours and the chick is the icing on the cake

Posted by Rene de Heer on July 18, 2009 at 11:05 AM

Dont understand why this image has only 5 replies.....love it! Great shot Jeroen.
Rene de Heer