Great Crested Grebe

[ramesh anantharaman]

Canon EOS 40D, 500mm f/4, 1.4x t.c.

f/8, 1/2000sec, ISO 400, 700mm

[Mike Milicia]

Beautiful bird and beautifully captured! Like the low angle and clean water ... exposure and detail look great!

Maybe a bit off the top and bottom and would like a bit more room on the right.

[Yves Guillot]

A truly beautiful shot! I love the droplets on the bird : it adds a lot to it! Congrats!

[Karl Egressy]

Nice picture. Love the water droplets on the bird and the calm water. I feel that an 8x12 crop would work better.

[Jonathan Ashton]

What a beautiful image - just love it. I suspect it is optimal but I wonder what it would be like if you reduced the highlights on the bill?

[Jim Crosswell]

Beautiful image Ramesh! I like the calm feel, water drops and details. I agree with Mikes crop suggestion.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Ramesh, just posed perfectly for you, and in the calmest water. The sharpness looks good, although there seems to be a sharpening halo running over the back of the grebe. The droplets puts this over the top. Another vote for taking off top and bottom, but I would leave the RHS.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

great shot Ramesh. the water droplets are the best part. terrific iq and shooting angle. well done.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Love love it. The detail soft water and bg rock. Those drops add a great pop for the image as well. I'm with the crop suggestion too.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Ok, this must be one of the most beautiful grebes that I have seen in my life! but the crop is too loose. May be some cropping on top and bottom?

[ramesh anantharaman]

Re-post with all suggestions implemented. Please do let me know if this works.

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