Pied-billed Grebes.

What looks like an adult and baby are actually two adults (young ones do not get the "pied bill"...I've never seen such a size difference between two of them. The big one is "regular" sized for this species while the other was quite smaller than normal...and almost always leading. Made for a cute picture though!

Canon 7D + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4 TC, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/320s., f/6.3, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, cropped for composition (~75% FF), the little one had an additional round of sharpening to the face as it was just barely out of dof range.

Outstanding detail in this shot Daniel and interesting to see the size differences.
Love that low POV.

greetings,

Jeroen Stel

The low POV and silky FG/BG make this a stunning shot. The size difference makes it fascinating -- hard to believe the little one is an adult. Great capture.

Wonderful image Daniel love the low angle and beautiful colors through out the image

Great image Daniel! I like the low angle, HA's, composition, reflections, IQ and sweet colours. You must be loving that extra reach with the 500 and 1.4 combo.

It looks like an optical illusion.
Attractive color and your usual nice IQ.

This is marvellous Dan, cute birds & the size variation is intriguing !

Great low angle shot. He must have been the runt of the littler.

Very attractive image, the background color goes so well with birds.

Cute to Boot !....lovely shot Daniel, the light is very nice and sharp detail...backdrop and water is excellent .

Very nice shot Daniel. Almost looks like a mom and baby. Great detail and I especially like the BG and FG, they are very nice. Techs look great. I thought maybe a bit more off the top but when I tried it I liked it better in the original due to the nice gradient BG. Well done.

Great light & low shooting angle. The IQ is superb.

Wonderful image Daniel,Great detail,light and very nice BG.

Nice low angle and it is amazing the size difference. I like this image a lot

Perfect comp and light, nice work.