Horned Grebe calling

[rajojomanik]

Taken this last weekend, same location as was posted by Karl. We were lucky to have three of these little guys pose for us for about 5 minutes.

Canon 7D | 400mm L lens | f7.1 | 1/1250 sec | iso 400


Thank you for looking.

[Diane Miller]

Lovely calm water. Wish I could see all of the reflection, if there isn't junk in the way.

[gail bisson]

I really like the soft diffuse light and the calling pose.
Excellent IQ as well and nice low POV.
There is a nice softness to the water.
I find that the eye looks funny-almost gelatinous or jelly like in texture. Perhaps this is the way it looks...?
All in all, a very nice shot,
gail

[Alan Murphy]

Nice low angle, calm water and the open bill adds a lot.

[Tim King]

I love how flat it is where the bird meets the water. Nice open bill and calm, blue water. Fine job.

[Frank Schauf]

Great picture, nice deep shooting position and great eye contact.

[Mike Landwehr]

Beautiful bird, a lovely soft background, and nice feather detail. I love the red eye and the open beak.

[Daniel Cadieux]

The red eye looks good against the blue water. I also like the colours starting to show on the flanks. Neat calling pose. Was audio used to lure it closer?

[rajojomanik]

The red eye looks good against the blue water. I also like the colours starting to show on the flanks. Neat calling pose. Was audio used to lure it closer?

Thanks everyone for your comments and support. I had my calls with me but didn't use it for this shot since it just popped up out of nowhere. At one point there were 3 Grebes no more than 30ft from us and they posed for at least 5 mins.