Nesting Red-necked Grebe.

[Karl Egressy]

I got out of bed at 3:30 AM in order to catch the sunrise in Toronto at this nest site.
Unfortunately due to the location, the water remained unlit for almost an other hour.
Then I got this already harsh side light to deal with.
I did some clean up around the nest.
Thanks for looking.

Canon 5DM3
Canon 500 f4.0 II.
ISO 800
f 7.1
1/1000 s
Fill flash at -3.0

[Bill Dix]

Great look at the nest. All four eyes showing, with one marching to a different drummer. Sure, a passing cloud might have helped, but this is a great capture. I quickly tried some S/H on it, which seemed to help a bit. You might want to give it a try, or maybe some contrast adjustment.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

This is a very nice image Karl, you did well with the light and fill flash, lovely to see them all in the nest. TFS.

[Binu John]

Beautiful shot, Karl! Though the light was a bit harsh, you handled it well.

[David Salem]

Great looking family scene Karl. Yes the light looks harsh but you did handle it well. Nice capture.

[arash_hazeghi]

love the view of the nest, wish the birds have their head turned more towards the camera

[Marina Scarr]

What an awesome family scene, Karl. Sorry the light was working against you. It seems you handled it quite well here.

[Frank Schauf]

Very nice scene and colors.