Clark's Grebe

Wow Lia this is an Amazing image,clear crisp sharpness and excellent details on the whites.
Perfecto!

Very nice! I really like the pose you captured.

LIA I Love that eye and a great head turn.Nice detail in the larger version

Beautiful shot Lia, Detail and color of the bird is great, and i really like the BG with reflection here.

Lia, Another great post! I especially like the reflection, and the detail and color you captured of the eye.
Good job!
COS

Very nice Lia. I love these western species of grebes. I wish we had such cool grebes over here. Oh well, I guess I will just have to enjoy looking at your images instead. I like the head turn with the great look at the eye. Great reflection too. Well done.

No problems here, even in the large version, even with the crop. Very peaceful.

I've never been able to photograph a grebe (let a lone see one) then again, I've only been trying for the last year or so. A great job on this one with some really nice crisp lighting. The headturn is particularly great

Lia:
Interesting lines in this image: vertical lines in the reflection of trees on the shore, the horizontal line of the bow and stern waves, vertical lines of the neck and reflection and horizontal lines of the head and beak and reflections. Excellent sharpness despite large crop .... and that dramatic red eye!

Well done Lia, I like the head turn and the excellent detail of the subject. The off center crop with the bird looking into the frame keeps me involved.

This is wonderful in every way! What time of day was this taken? There is good detail and texture in the Grebe's feathers.

I like the expression. Almost makes me want to wade through the water after it...

Nice head turn and a great job on the exposure of the whites on the neck, Lia.

I just love this one! Composition couldn't be better and the bird's pose is perfect. Excellent DOF too. The eye is amazing.

Great light and colors, and nice timing for the head turn, Lia, and generally well framed for the crop you chose, except that I'd consider a bit more free space below the grebe's reflection as an option if you have it.

Considering your shooting technique on unfavorable ground, I guess that I would need not only a butt pad, but a knee pad to soften the load of my big glass on my scawny knee

Bill,

I do have a bit more room below the bird in the original frame and considered leaving more there too.

Good thing I had not started to drink my PolyPort yet or I may have choked on my beer laughing when I read about the butt & knee pads!

Head turn is perfect Lia - the neck, head and eyes really pop out

cheers
Rob

Great pose and eye contact. Great work on the whites

Beautiful lighting and a great head turn and pose... I agree with Bill .... on the room at the bottom... not the other stuff

Wonderful image Lia, we see lots of Pied-billed but I love the coloration, plumage and deatail on the Clark's. Love the exposure and those great eyes... well done!

Very nicely done Lia. I do agree with Bill. IMO, I might add a tiny bit more space (sounds like youu have it) below, but I might also crop a the same amount above, so you don't change the size of the bird in the crop, because that is perfect. As always, wonderful job!

Outstanding. Like the backward look, the detail, the perspective. Overall excellent presentation.
May

The contrasting colors, especially the red eye, provide great impact in this image, Lia. It's true that as my eye follows the reflection downwards I do feel that I'm just about bumping the edge of the frame. Allowing more space there does look like a good idea. However, you have a nice vertical asymmetry now that you don't want to spoil either.

hard to imagine a more perfect pose or light for this shot. beautiful and perfectly exposed. I do agree that a bit more room would be good to give the reflection some space.

Nice shot Lia.