Great Crested Grebe

[Austin Thomas]

As well as spending time with Little Owls ( see my last thread ), the Great Crested Grebes have occupied the rest of my spare time.

This day the lake was beautifully calm and still. That was until this Grebe started to call.

Canon 1DMK4, 800mm, f6.3, 1/2500, ISO200

C&C welcome.

Cheers

Austin

[gail bisson]

This is simply superb. The light, the calling pose,the BG, the low POV make this image a stunner.
I love the clear view of the inside cheek.
Gail

[Dumay de Boulle]

Calling pose and light are tops. Love the colors!

[christopher galeski]

agree with gail,a stunner,beautiful light,low angle,nice pose,good detail,magic BG.well done.

[PhilCook]

Love the uniform brown background, and I think I can see it's tonsils !....wonderful photography

[Jonathan Ashton]

Austin, that is a gem, love the light and aspect of pose this is a really eye catching image.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Awesome! Great calling pose for the theme and I like the water reflections on the breast, although I'd tone down the very bright patch near there...you may need the clone stamp at as lower opacity. Great low angle, and the darkish BG really works well.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Just awesome all around! Great angle and the calling and BG put it over the top! A winner for sure!

[dankearl]

Really beautiful light, agree with all the rave comments,

[Marina Scarr]

This image is over the top as is to my eyes, esp with that calling pose. Love that low angle, and the BG & FG colors complement your subject so nicely. I would be in bliss lying flat on my bellow photographing this gorgeous creature day after day!!! Congratulations on this one.

[Randy Stout]

Austin:

Superb image in all aspects.

Where you on the shore, in a hide, or perhaps a submarine?

Wonderful.

Cheers

Randy

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Austin, great low perspective, and you nailed the calling pose nicely. I really like the overall colours in this, together with your smooth BG. An opportunity well used.

[rajojomanik]

Just simply stunning, don't think it could get any better.

[Jim Crosswell]

Excellent image! I like the low angle, calling pose, sharpness, colours and BG.

[arash_hazeghi]

super low angle pose and details. excellent

[Bill Dix]

Quite a striking shot. Great low angle, calling pose, light, and wonderfully coordinated colors. Congratulations on a fine image.

[Ofer Levy]

Superb indeed!!!

[Josh Clark]

Very calm water indeed! What a pose this guy gave you, well done! I like how the BG and water color blend together nicely.

[Frank Schauf]

Beautiful portrait, great pose and colours.

[Satish Ranadive]

Very sweet image. Loved the calling pose.lights and colors.

[Fernando Cerra]

One of the best bird images I have ever seen.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Brilliant! Low angle, pose, light and colors. Sweet image!