Red-necked Grebe in Fresh Breeding Plumage

[Grace Scalzo]

Found this beauty recently on the way home from work. There are always grebes in Long Island waters in the winter, but they usually leave before transitioning into their fancy feathers, so this was a treat to see.

1/1000, f8,, iso800
1dx, 600f4 + 2.0tc + handheld

[Jack Breakfast]

Hello! The light, i.q., exposure, and water look good to me. This is a loveable species, I agree.

[gail bisson]

Not much to critique here.
Great IQ and lovely head and body position.
I like the comp and the way the grebe is sitting in the little wave trough.
Gail

[Jonathan Ashton]

Grace it is difficult sometimes to get the tonal range and colours correct in birds like these but I reckon you have done splendidly, lovely shot well done.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice looking one, already in breeding plumage. Nice shot, Grace.

[William Dickson]

Very nice Grace. Love the sharpness and details all over the bird. Great lookback HA which allowed you to capture the lovely looking feathers on the back Great work

Will

[Shawn Zierman]

Styling and profiling! Love the image and the image quality. Looks like the bird just came up from a dive. I see no room for improvement here....