Little Grebe

Taken a few months ago while out looking for Voles. I got about a dozen shots of these birds but this one is my favourite.

any comments or advice welcome.

Canon EOS 20D, 300mm F4. F5 1/250sec, ISO 200, Exp -1/3

Lee

Nice shot Shifty, what are the strange lines across the bottom of the image ? are they plant stems under the water ? feather detail is very good.

We'll go back later in the year buddy.

Shep...

Yes they are plant stems, I quite like them in this image.
Definately go back there, Good bacon butties in the cafe

Lee

I like everything about this image, even though it's not a fly. Excellent detail, and I like the glimpse of the leaf stems giving depth to the water.

Nice image and love the reflection,great detail and colours in the bird,very nice Lee and I second the bacon butties there,at the moment the water is covered in a green carpet so hard to take anything there

The surroundings are just a little distracting but the bird itself is excellent.
I'd crop a bit off of the top to lose the white thing.

Very nice shot Lee the feather detail is very good

I would get rid of the white bit at the top as it takes attention away from the bird.

Hi Lee,

A nice image and a good reflection. Overall it looks a little bright on my screen, lacking in blacks possibly. I would definitely remove the bright area top right.

Thanks for sharing.

Austin

Like it lots, the colours and detail are really very good. A nice composition.

Nice shot and the nits mentioned.. In the words of our very own 'JR' I would adjust the Gamma correction via the 'exposure' setting in PS to tone this down a bit.. I tried to about 0.85, but monitors vary so might tweak accordingly..

Kind regards,

Brett

The bird sits nicely Lee and there is some great lighting here.


Major

Thanks for all the comments, Much appreciated.
I have tried out the advice & it has improved the image overall

Lee

Hello Lee.

A lovely image of this Little Grebe with excellent detail.

I would agree with all the comments. I have had a little got at making some small adjustments which I feel really helps the image.

A small crop to the top and right hand side to remove some distracting areas.

A small adjustment in curves to give the image a bit more contrast.

The curves adjustment gave a better feel to the bird and darker water, but made the green water area a little to bright so I burned this down with the burn tool set to highlight and at 10%.



I will remove comment if you wish just le me know.

Thanks Guy, The image has much more impact after your adjustments

I have much to learn in PS

Thanks

Lee