Western Grebe

[Glenn Conlan]

We are fortunate to have a lake near us that has several Western and Clarks Grebes. Here is a Western Grebe that I captured in a unique Bg. Shot from a tripod at lakes edge with D4 600mm w 1.4III tc ISO 800 , F6.3, 1/2500 sec. Thanks for your comments

[Grace Scalzo]

What a captivating eye. THe water colors are attractive. I feel that there is a bit too much room on the left and as such the image feels unbalanced. I would also try to tame the whites of the neck and bring out more details in them.

[Diane Miller]

What Grace said. I think you could also remove a little off the top and soften the reflection as it exits the frame, as it pulls the eye away from the bird.

Love the water drops! They would be more prominent with the bird bigger in the frame.

[arash_hazeghi]

Great shot Glenn, how have you been?

I'm with Grace re. the neck whites, came out a tad hot. I like the BG BTW

TFS

[Daniel Cadieux]

Yes, taming the whites would really help the image a lot. The details elsewhere look great though, and the that background is indeed quite appealing...for that reason I am OK with the amount of it showing, but yes a tighter crop is a good alternate version too.

[Glenn Conlan]

What a captivating eye. THe water colors are attractive. I feel that there is a bit too much room on the left and as such the image feels unbalanced. I would also try to tame the whites of the neck and bring out more details in them.

Thanks for your comments here is a repost with a tighter crop and some work on the whites

[David Salem]

Wow! Way better!! Nice frame buddy.

[Grace Scalzo]

Nice job on the rework! Hope to see more from you, I enjoy your work and have missed you.

[Glenn Conlan]

Thanks Grace

[Doug Brown]

Repost looks good Glenn! Whites are bright white but not blown on my monitor. The water color really adds to the frame.