Juvenile Red-necked Grebe

[Mike Veltri]

A photo from today, as I just purchased a 400mm F/5.6 and had to try it out. A sharp little lens, and nice and light for birds in flight when I want to travel light. C&C welcomed.
http://www.pbase.com/mikeveltri/image/115450713.jpg

Canon 40D, 400mm F/5.6
1250s @ F/8 ISO 400
Hand Held

Thanks for Looking :)
Mike Veltri

[Tony Whitehead]

Lovely and sharp, Mike. Great focus on the eye and the open bill is great. Maybe a little tight in frame but feather and water textures are lovely. Have fun with the new toy.

[Ed Cordes]

Looks like you have a sharp copy of the 400 f 5.6 and you are already good at using it. I like the feather detail a lot in this image. Good job of not blowing the white feathers with such a dark bird.

[Brian Barcelos]

Agree he is a little tight in the frame but overall a very nice image., love the open beak and eye. Congrats on your new toy and enjoy.

Brian

[Stu Bowie]

Congrats on your new toy, and I can see you are already producing the goods. Sharp, lovely light, and I like the open beak.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Very beautiful.. nice light and Angle the open bill adds well here.. just a tad more space at the bottom should do. still a lovely image.. congrats....

[Simon Bennett]

Good detail, exposure control amd light.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Great image, lovely pose, low angle, detail, colors, species, and sharpness, excellent DOF and open bill is a plus.
Congratulations!

[Gal Shon]

Enjoy your new lens, it's a little wonder...
Great sharpnes, I love the soft light,
very good angle towards you and a lovely HA with the open beak as a bonus.
I would prefer the frame a bit more open.

[Karl Egressy]

Fantastic image Mike I really like it. It is not the lens but the person behind and I mean it!!!
The lens is good too. I used it for three years and I still regret that I sold it.

[Mohanram Kemparaju]

Beautiful picture, lovely texture, nice head turn, but a little too tight, especially behind the bird, but thats a minor issue...