Great Crested Grebes Courting Display

[David Cowling]

The weed presentation is an important part of the bonding process.

Canon 7D 100-400 Mk 2.

1/1250 @ f 6.3 ISO 640.

[Alan Murphy]

Love the calm water, the behavior captured and the wavy reflections. the image would be better if the left birds head was sharp.

[Karl Egressy]

Lovely interaction image. Well done.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I'm really digging the bonding behaviour showing here. Good enough crop. I agree with Alan about the left bird's head, and it would have been over-the-top had you been aligned perfectly parallel to the duo. Yes, I know that is much to ask for many times!! Thanks for sharing!

[gail bisson]

Love the natural history displayed.
I agree with the comments above about the OOF head.
I would also clean up the dust spots in the BG ( not the waterdrops but the dust spots).
This is one of the shots that would have been a contest winner if you had been able to get the birds on the same focal plane!
Gail

[David Cowling]

Thanks to everyone for the comments. Much appreciated. The left hand birds head is suffering more from motion blur than oof. They shake thier heads in a circular motion and it's very difficult to catch a moment when both heads are stationary, even with HSC burst mode. The head is still but the feathers are still catching up.