Sleeping

[Frank Schauf]

Sleeping Great Crested Grebe


Canon EOS 1D X
Canon EF 600mm/4L IS II USM + 2x III
1/640 sec., f/8, ISO 800
Hand held

My 3000st posting in this great forum.

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[Marina Scarr]

First and foremost, congratulations on your 3,000 post milestone, and thank you for all of your contributions, Frank! You have shared a wonderful series of grebes with us, and this one is a stunner as well. Love all of the feather details and the calmness of the water along with the calm pose of the bird. The slight bit of eye helps to add interest. I like this crop but not sure whether another crop would be even stronger. I imagine you tried them all.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image of sleeping beauty. Beautiful colours, lights nice low angle, great feathers details and composition.
"Heartiest Congratulation on 3k post"...looking forward for many more.

Regards,
Satish.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Hi Frank, congratulations on your milestone here at BPN!! Here's looking forward to many more

I love the tranquility of the image, great job all around. There is just a small spot I would remove, located halfway between the left edge and the subject.

[Arthur Morris]

Nicely done. Good job with the EXP. It needs a bit of CCW rotation. I wouldn't mind seeing the bird on the right side of the frame. You handled the REFL perfectly.

[Iain Barker]

Congratulations on your 3000th post. I enjoy seeing your stunning images and this one is no exception. Your images really help me learn and I hope mine are half as good by the time I get to 3000.

[Glenn Conlan]

Very special image. Gives off a very calming emotion, well done

[Frank Schauf]

@all, thank you.

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