Solitude

[Aidan Briggs]

Another Pied-billed Grebe. The cloudy skies and and perfectly still water were just begging for a nice high-key reflection. Shot from a little higher up for a clearer reflection.

Handheld as always

50D, 500 f/4 plus borrowed 1.4tc
1/640 sec, f/5.6, ISO 640

[Robert Kimbrell]

A very attractive image Aidan, An Excellent reflection, I really like the background this still water produced. Not sure about the vegetation on the left, as I can't really identify it.

[Shawn Zierman]

Great mood, and the subject's pose fits it well. Creative placement of the subject, and a nice leading line in the bg water coming down from the top of the frame to the subject. Pretty nice reflection. One consideration would be to mask off the vegetation and subject/reflection and run some surface blur on the rest of the image to soften the bits of noise that is present throughout...

[Marina Scarr]

What a pleasing and soothing image, Aidan. Your feather details are amazing, and I love the calm pose of the grebe. The vegetation really helps to balance your image, and I like the blue water leading the viewers eye right down to the bird.

[Aidan Briggs]

Thanks all for the feedback!