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Law Breaking Grebe! + repost

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Posted by John Robinson on May 27, 2010 at 8:27 AM
Law Breaking Grebe! + repost
Great crested grebe feeding White Clawed Crayfish

"Get that down yer neck" - as they say in Lincolnshire !
Been working this pair for a while.
Someone will have to tell them WCCrays are a protected species. Fed the chick one every 15 minutes. What a job getting them down ! legs claws etc all over the place. Be ready to be bored with more.
D200 Sigma 50-500
500 640 ISO
f8
180th second
60% of full frame.

JR
Posted by Mark Green on May 27, 2010 at 10:41 AM
cracking shot john, I like the way the chick is balanced on the GCG. Nice DOF. exposure is good too, would be nice if you had a bit more fill light. was it overcast ???

:toast:
Mark.G
Posted by Shaun Boycott-Tayl on May 27, 2010 at 11:09 AM
Great interaction. :toast:

Love the chick on the side of the GCG. Well balanced.

Tut tut they should have known better :biggrin:

Shaun :wavey:
Posted by Dale Sutton on May 27, 2010 at 11:53 AM
Lovley natural history shot John.

Dale :toast:
Posted by John Robinson on May 27, 2010 at 12:01 PM
Thanks all.
Mark - Yes it could do with brightening up a bit. Was quite dull.
Cheers
John
Posted by Karen Summers on May 27, 2010 at 1:40 PM
its a cracking capture just could do with a bit of brightening like you said
Posted by John Robinson on May 27, 2010 at 2:16 PM
Silly me altered the monitor brightness this morning as a test and forgot to put it back !
Thanks for noticing - saved me a lot of trouble. :rolleyes:
Cheers
JR
Posted by Bronia Klima on May 27, 2010 at 2:31 PM
Lovely shot John second one much better, I have been trying to get a shot of these birds at my local wildlife centre but can not get close enough.
Bronia
Posted by Robert Lawrence on May 27, 2010 at 3:37 PM
This has all the elements of a cracking NH image John.
Posted by keith mitchell on May 27, 2010 at 3:41 PM
Cute shot John.
:toast: :toast:
Keith.
Posted by Brett Lewis on May 27, 2010 at 6:57 PM
That is a rather nice shot young man!! Tells a complete story and has all the elements one could ask for. Like it a lot.

Brett :toast: :wavey: :toast:
Posted by John Robinson on May 27, 2010 at 7:10 PM
Brett
Don't "young man me " !
My zimmer job with hide attatched has just collapsed ! :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:
JR
Posted by Brett Lewis on May 27, 2010 at 7:14 PM
LOL! :jump: :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:
Have another whiskey and it will all look better in the morning..

BL
Posted by Mark Davies on May 28, 2010 at 3:48 AM
Well ready to be ' bored' if this is the standard. Keep em coming.