Posted by Mark sellings on March 21, 2006 at 5:07 AM
Here is another of the recent GC Grebe courtship session. This image doesn't process for the web very well, but thought it might be of interest to those who've never seen this behaviour.
Basically, the Grebes both dive down and get some weed, then surface and swim towards each other like torpedoes until they are about to collide at which point they rise up completely out of the water and present each other with a gift of weed. Its quite an enigmatic thing to watch.
Rather amusingly, during one of these dances the male dropped his weed which unfortunately stuck to his belly throughout their dance. The avian equivalent of parsley in the teeth on a first date I think
There's more shots on the website if anyones interested
Hi Mark
I have been watching this all last week but the grebes are always distant when they do this so no images for me,Well done in capturing this behaviour
well caught moment, would be interesting to read the stats to understand why it looks grainy, contrasty etc, what does it look like in original format?
Posted by David Kjaer on March 21, 2006 at 12:04 PM
Hi Mark
Yes it does look a little contrsty and lacking in critical sharpness but the action is a bit special!
Discussion
6 repliesBasically, the Grebes both dive down and get some weed, then surface and swim towards each other like torpedoes until they are about to collide at which point they rise up completely out of the water and present each other with a gift of weed. Its quite an enigmatic thing to watch.
Rather amusingly, during one of these dances the male dropped his weed which unfortunately stuck to his belly throughout their dance. The avian equivalent of parsley in the teeth on a first date I think
There's more shots on the website if anyones interested
http://www.marksellings.com/viewgallery.asp?Gallery_id=6
Cheers
Mark
I have been watching this all last week but the grebes are always distant when they do this so no images for me,Well done in capturing this behaviour
well caught moment, would be interesting to read the stats to understand why it looks grainy, contrasty etc, what does it look like in original format?
Yes it does look a little contrsty and lacking in critical sharpness but the action is a bit special!
David
Must have been very rewarding capturing such interesting and photogenic behaviour.
what a wonderful experience.
John
Aberdeen