Crested Grebes

[Tony Whitehead]

Photographed on a pond near Twizel, South Island, New Zealand, Easter 2015. Not very common so always an exciting find.
Nikon D810, Nikon 500mm f4 VR + 1.4x TC Manual exposure ISO 800 1/500S F5.6
Comments and advice gratefully accepted.

[gail bisson]

You have captured a wonderful species here.
Love the poses and interaction of the 2 grebes and I am pleased you got both within the DOF of 5.6.
POV is excellent. IQ excellent. raised crests really adds to the image.
I like the moodiness of the image but wish you had a bit better light to help light up the eyes a bit or give you a catch light.
I like the comp you chose but could also see a version with a bit off the bottom.
All in all, a lovely image! Would love this in my files,
Gail

[Geoff Newhouse]

Beautiful image, a nice calm look to the image. I imagine a peaceful morning on a lake. Good background/water, good interaction of the grebes and decent head angles from both birds. Only thing to improve would be to get lower....wetsuit may be needed....

TFS
Geoff

[Randy Stout]

Tony:

Lovely birds, charming, intimate light, well exposed,nice balance of DOF.

The lighter greens around the heads helps to make them pop from the darker background.

Yes, a bit more light on the face/eye would add a bit of pop there. Don't know if flash is allowed there, but just a hint of fill on the faces would have been an interesting option.

Thanks so much for sharing, great to see you posting!

Cheers


Randy

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Tony, this low perspective works well for me, and I do like the poses from both of the Grebes. The light looks nice and soft, well exposed on both, and I like how colours on the RHS of the BG compliment the right hand side Grebe. A central placement was the only way to go.

Looking forward to your images from Antarctica.

[keith mitchell]

Lovely tranquil setting, image quality on the birds is excellent.

Keith.

[John Robinson]

Classic interaction. Great shot
JohnR

[Richard Flack]

Beautiful capture Tony, love the way you have captured this intimate moment. Great composition, lovely light and very pleasing BG. TFS

[Joseph Przybyla]

Lovely image, Tony. Thank you for sharing.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Tony a very nice interaction shot , very pleasing to the eye on all counts , i might just drop the blues selectively in the darker tones .
TFS Andreas

[Jim Crosswell]

Great image Tony! I like the poses, soft light, BG, exposure and low angle. That area of your country is beautiful.

[adrian dancy]

A lovely image Tony and I love the interaction and poses.

[Tony Whitehead]

Thanks to everyone for comments and advice.