Australasian Grebe

[Jan Wegener]

All the ducks on my great duck pond are gone. Hopefully some will return. In the mean time I think I have to call it Grebe Pond ;)

This style of duck/grebe image has three main factors. I always look for when shooting them. First of all, you need the sun in your back, secondly you need to find a spot with very calm and colorful water and thirdly, you need to get down as low as possible.
To see a making of, check out my BLOG (http://vogelfotografien.wordpress.com)

1D Mark IV
600 IS
1.4x TC
ISO 800
F8

[Haim Ziv]

Beautiful bird. We have in Israel something very similar with a bit of a change in color. The water texture and color are just great.

[Don Lacy]

Hi Jan, I think you hit all the right notes with this one from the HH to the beautiful subject and everything in between.

[Connie Mier]

Sweet light, all three points well executed.

[Gary Esman]

Jan you missed number 4 on your list. That would be finding them:D Excellent shot, thanks for sharing.