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Great Crested Grebe

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Posted by Dave Courtenay on June 7, 2006 at 6:03 AM
Great Crested Grebe
The birthday fairy has been very good to me this year and a new pair of chest waders and an Angle finder C was found at the bottom of the bed so up and out at 5 am today to lake Geneva to have a go at water level photography and with the large head of GC Grebes still going thru the motions i decided to have a go at these,As you can see plenty of midges around
Canon 1d2 500+1.4x
Posted by Justin on June 7, 2006 at 6:27 AM
This image has a really attractive feel about it and I think the portrait format suits it perfectly.
The backlit midges really add to the atmosphere.
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Posted by Tim Munsey on June 7, 2006 at 6:54 AM
Looks like its raining midges, they give atmosphere although I'd clone out the larger OOF one that's about middle left. Nice colours although the birds a bit blue on my monitor.

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Tim
Posted by Barrie Courtenay on June 7, 2006 at 12:11 PM
Hi Dave,nice shot but blue/mauve cast on the bird's back

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Posted by John Chapman on June 7, 2006 at 12:16 PM
Hi Dave
nice picture of the bird and I have to agree with Tim's comments. The bird is a bit blue on my screen as well.
John
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Posted by Graeme Lee on June 7, 2006 at 1:08 PM
Yes mine too Dave. Very nice image though. The lighting adds a lot.

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Graeme
Posted by Chris Miles on June 7, 2006 at 3:22 PM
Already been mentioned about the bird being a bit blue Dave so I wont mention that :wink:

Good viewpoint and dof, the midges add to the dynamics of the image and lift it above the ordinary.

Chris. :jump:
Posted by Colin Pickett on June 7, 2006 at 4:35 PM
Hi Dave
Magical atmosphere that works really well, I like this one alot. Agree with Barrie on the colour cast.

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Posted by Sean Bolton on June 7, 2006 at 6:24 PM
Hi Dave

I like the composition and colours, although there does seem to be a bit of a blue tinge to the bird. Maybe due to the lighting conditions but possibly in PS you could lessen the blueness.

For me I am not keen on the midges and I would clone them out :eek:

It is not obvious enough to me that they are midges and look more like dust spots than anything so for me they would be gone.

Also maybe needs a very slight CW rotation to level the water surface.

Nits aside, a good shot with good use of the light and the low angle.

cheers

Sean
Posted by PhilH on June 8, 2006 at 10:02 AM
Nice one, good angle.... the cast has been mentioned (unless swiss grebes are a different colour to ours) plus a slight rotation.

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Posted by Andrew Forsyth on June 8, 2006 at 2:25 PM
I'd stick with the midges, they add summer/heat/buzz to the photo. Colours need a tweak as already said, but it's a shame cos I quite like the blue GCG :biggrin:

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