Pass the weed man 2

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Posted by Dave Courtenay on April 23, 2006 at 9:25 AM

I have had UKNP member Elliott Neep stay with me for the last few days so have showing him around some of the areas that i visit,In particular Lake Geneva,We were lucky as although most of the wildfowl have gone there is still a large head of breeding Grebes and one pair did the weed dance on the first day there,As well as the grebes there are quite a few Red crested pochards arriving and we had at least 30 around us to within 3 feet so you could have used a macro lens,This image has been cropped from landscape
Canon 1d2 500+1.4

Posted by Rob Ashton on April 23, 2006 at 10:16 AM

Another superb capture of this ritual Dave. Great timing.

Rob

Posted by Rene de Heer on April 23, 2006 at 10:33 AM

Very nice David, i think you could lose a bit on the top!
Rene de Heer

Posted by David Kjaer on April 23, 2006 at 10:58 AM

Hi Dave

Nice shot, love the light and still water. Agree re a slightly tighter crop!

David

Posted by Tim Munsey on April 23, 2006 at 12:53 PM

Nice one, as said good timing and light. I'd play with the crop too.

Tim

Posted by Justin on April 23, 2006 at 1:32 PM

Nicely captured behaviour and I find the bright and airy space around the birds most attractive.

Posted by Major Gilbert on April 23, 2006 at 2:11 PM

Nailed the capture on this one Dave.
Light looks good and a bonus with the water being relatively still.
Just feel a bit to much space above.

Major.

Posted by Nigel Blake on April 23, 2006 at 4:59 PM

Very nice, I like the space around the birds too, but I think it would look better losing the space at the top to gain the full reflection below.

Posted by Andrew Forsyth on April 24, 2006 at 8:31 AM

Like, wow man.

Great behavioural and arty mix, always a winning combi.

Posted by John Chapman on April 24, 2006 at 10:30 AM

HI Dave
another wonderful shot of these birds and I agree with the comments about the Crop.
John
Aberdeen