Slavonian Grebe

Have loved watching and photographying this bird,got quite a lot of shots of him,some with fish which were so big it amazed me how he ate so many.Wanted some low pov when he had the fish but he seemed to be fishing around the edges more where there were long grasses so couldn t get the lower clear pov on those but were still worth getting to see the size of the fish,may post them at a later date,and it was very very windy poor thing was bobbing all over the place

Canon 50D,Canon 500f4L + 1.4 convertor,ISO 200,F5.6,1/2000

O yes, I like it lots. Beautiful bird and those waves are perfect.

Well done

Edwin

Very nice - the oof fore and aft is really good throwing all the emphasis on the subject. Simple is so often so much better.

Very nice Karen , lovely light and the waves are a super addition

Probably your best to date.

Based on the 'techs' & image it looks cropped?

I assume this was from Worcestershire Wildlife Trusts' Feckenham Wylde Moor reserve, where I believe four were sighted in Feb and from a hide, as these birds are normally very shy and do not come close in.

Thanks Stephen it wasn t from Feckenham it was near a place at Grimley so we were not in a hide was hoping he would come a little closer as he had been coming in very close so I was told but when I was there he came in closer to the edge to fish,so I have had to crop a little on this imag he was quite a bold little fella

The mush frames the image well, and I like the water droplets on the back.
Very nice


Calum

Very nice Karen,

It has everything needed to make this a great image.

Cheers

Austin

Excellent Karen, lovely low viewpoint and image, well done.

Thats wonderful , the water seems to have flow on it , tics all the boxes for me.

Bob.

Super subject and just the right amount of OOF on the water. Good work.

Major.

Great shot Karen.

All the elements come together for this image. POV, DOF, Comp and Exposure. Crop works well and some great detail throughout. Nicely done.

Brett

All the plus points have been stated and no negatives from me. Great image.

Lovely shot with some great texture in the water Karen!
Regards,
Paul.

I like the waves and droplets but especially that demon eye! Nice one

Hi Karen

Ditto all the above - super image!

David

Lovely shot Karen.

Nothing more to add except well done Karen

Excellent shot Karen, the low POV works very well.

Andy...

Hi Karen, what a beautiful picture.

Cracking Karen, the low angle works so well with this

And count my congrats in too!

Pete

very nice, I love the blue water surrounding the grebe.

Matt

Lovely shot, nice little waves.

Ian

I love the way its red eye stands out against the blues. Excellent POV .