Little Grebe 2

[William Dickson]

Canon 1D Mk4
f/4 500mm with 1.4
f/6.3
1/1600
ISO 800

Thanks for the comments/views on my previous Little Grebe.

I was watching a family of Little Grebes last week and noticed a place on the loch where they frequented. These birds are difficult to get close to, so I found myself a good viewing point in amongst the shrubs and undergrowth at the side of the loch. It was restricted due to over hanging branches etc, I knew the sun would rise directly behind me. On Sunday morning, early, I returned and got myself into position.

At first the Grebes never arrived, but, after an hour they did, and gave me a great photo shoot. This image was taken later, than my previous image, the sun was moving to my left and created shadows, I changed my aperture to 6.3, and I think this created more depth to the image.

Thanks for looking.

Will

[Randy Stout]

Will:

Great eye, head angle, shooting angle, exposure.

In a perfect world would prefer the bill to not merge with the body, and perhaps the bird just slightly higher in the frame.

Cheers

Randy

[Ian Wilson]

Nice work Will. Lovely details. Good call on the aperture selection to focus attention on the bird's head. Just a little close to the bottom for my taste but overall well developed. Regards, Ian.

[Allen Sparks]

Hi William.
Nice details and I love that brown eye. Good DOF control. Agree that it seems to be a little low in the frame.
Allen

[William Dickson]

Thanks for the comments, guys, I couldn't get the bird any higher in the frame because of the reflection. It would have meant chopping through the neck

Will

[keith mitchell]

Tad more on the bottom Will then it's perfect for me.

Keith.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Super IQ, and you were rewarded by studying the situation and going for it. . The bill is sharp against the oof back so the merge works for me. I agree the grebe is quite low in the frame though...

[John Robinson]

Low point of view and reflections !! Don't you just love ,em Will!!
Nice one ut agree a bit low ( You can always clone the reflection out !! oops
John

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

If you want more DOF, you can easily crank the 1D4 to ISO 1600 as well in good light like this and not have to worry about any noise.

I like the clarity and HA, the low POV.
Would have liked it higher in the frame as well. A bit bottom heavy with this presentation.

Thanks for sharing Will!