Great crested grebe

[Jonathan Ashton]

Canon 7D Canon 500mm f4 L IS & 1.4TC series 1, Manual mode, ISO 400 1/2500 sec f5.6
All C&C welcome

[Raymond Lee]

Nice sharp details and matching colour between the grebe and the background. A good incoming or side angle would be better.

[Karen Forderer]

Great photo! Nice and sharp.

[Alan Murphy]

A great pose on this one. Agree it would be better if the bird had not past you. Looks like it might need a slight CCW rotation.

[christopher galeski]

nice capture Jonathan,agree about rotation,nice light and details.

[David Salem]

Nice colors and exposure on this shot and I like the detail in the feathers. I like the calling pose too. Well done

[keith mitchell]

Jonathan little nits covered ,like the way the bird is low in the water, very nice image.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Thanks for the feedback, regards rotation you may well be right, I did check it but got it a little wrong. The image was taken from a a hide and I was at a slight angle, I used the level ruler on the water line below the bird, I have just checked this gives a false level, I should have used the vertical ruler from the base of the bill to it's reflection in the water. (The only problem with is however is that the bird appears to be swimming up hill!!)

[Karl Egressy]

Nice pose, love the calling open beak, Jon.

[Rob Melone]

It's a nicely captured low angle action shot!

[Shawn Zierman]

Sleek elongated pose, and your crop choice fits the pose nicely. I also enjoy the calling pose. Another vote here for a slight counter clock wise rotation. Lovely water colors!

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the pose, exposure, sharpness, colours and composition. I agree with CCW adjustment. Well done Jonathan!

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image with beautiful color pallet. Very nice pose,beautiful water and composition.

Regards,
Satish.