Little Grebe

[William Dickson]

Canon 1DX
f/4 500mm with 1.4
f/5.6
1/640
ISO 1600

One taken from my hide on the loch side, at the weekend.

Will

[Marina Scarr]

What a stunning bird and so much feather detail here, and love those dark saturated colors. I would personally like to see this in horizontal. I don't feel as though the bottom of the frame is adding anything. I would give it more on the left if you have it and lose the bottom.

[Glennie Passier]

Will, a great little bird and so well captured. I agree with Marina about adding a bit more on the LHS, but I feel the bottom with the reflection is just right. Your hide must be sitting in the water?

[David Salem]

You sure don't have any more trouble with soft images with the 1DX:w3 The feather details and the exposure look great but I agree with Marina on the comp. The reflection below doesn't add to the image IMO so I would crop it out and then add canvas to the left. Well done William

[Richard Flack]

Magnificent detail William, given you have the space I would be tempted to do a horizontal crop, consider losing some of the reflection and adding more space to the left of the image (and a bit to the right)

[keith mitchell]

Just a tad more on the left for me .Your Grebe looks absolutely stunning with super soft and natural feather detail ,great job Will.

Keith.

[John Robinson]

Nice one Will
I would go horizontal - include all the ripples, and take off some of the reflectiuon. Just my one take. Would be glad to have it as is
John

[William Dickson]

Thanks for the comments, everyone. I will give the horizontal a go, I like this crop as well though:S3:

Will

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Will, you have certainly nailed the finer plumage detail in this, and a lovely swimming pose. Exposure and colours spot on, and before reading any of the comments, I too thought about coming up from the bottom, and adding to the LHS. Great work.

[Mike Poole]

late to comment on this one, but this is a superb version of a Little Grebe - difficult birds to get to and this shows excellent detail and of course the great shooting angle. Both crops would work for me

Mike

[Karl Egressy]

Such a cutie. Nice pose and rich colors, Will.

[Glenn Conlan]

Killer image! The detail is exceptional wow!