Pied-billed Grebe

Gallery: AvianPosted October 27, 2013220 views5 comments

One more (last) image of the Pied-billed Grebe on the pond in my backyard. This one is cropped to 44% of full frame, but I'm still glad to have these. As I said with the previous image, this is the first time a Grebe has gotten and stayed even this close.

Canon EOS 7D
EF400mm f/5.6L USM
10/23/2013 – 5:13:12 PM
1/2000 sec
Manual
f/5.6
ISO 400
Handheld
Levels, Curves, noise removal from BG, sharpened the bird, cropped.

All comments, critiques and suggestions are always greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on October 28, 2013 at 12:52 PM

Good position and lighting; nice water for the background. I'd rotate this a few degrees clockwise so that the ripples created by the moving grebe are level.

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Comment posted by Ed Williams on October 28, 2013 at 11:14 PM

You have a cool backyard Barbara. Love these little guys. It seems so content sunning itself.

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Comment posted by Ralph Kerr on October 29, 2013 at 6:08 AM

These guys are always fun IMO. Good light on this one. I'd try the rotation too.,

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Comment posted by John Tobias on October 29, 2013 at 7:25 AM

Nice one Barbara, I like the light you caught the grebe in. The larger image shows the detail very well. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on October 29, 2013 at 3:02 PM

Sweet shot, Barbara! Good light and a low angle. It does need about a degree CW rotation.

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