Theme: Red-necked Grebe.

[Karl Egressy]

Thanks for looking.

Canon 5D Mark III
Canon 500 f4.0 L IS II. +1.4x III.
ISO 800
f8.0
1/1600 s
tripod

[gail bisson]

This is topnotch Karl.
Only thing that I would do would be to crop up from the bottom to get the reflection of the head and neck out out of the image.
Just love the position of the forward chick.
Terrific HA on all 3 birds.
Gail

[Karl Egressy]

This is topnotch Karl.
Only thing that I would do would be to crop up from the bottom to get the reflection of the head and neck out out of the image.
Just love the position of the forward chick.
Terrific HA on all 3 birds.
Gail

Thanks Gail.
I removed a little bit from the bottom now.

[William Dickson]

Hi Karl, I think the repost is so much better. Great capture and well exposed. Lovely details throughout. Good work

Will

[Jim Crosswell]

A real beauty Karl! I like the DOF, detail, sharpness and composition in the repost works for me.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

The thumbnail didn't do this one justice. It's a real beauty indeed. Light and IQ are amazing and those two chicks are priceless. +1 for the RP.

[Diane Miller]

Excellent -- sharpness, detail, color, exposure all top-notch. An alternative could be to keep the reflection and do some careful low-opacity cloning to make it fade out in a gradient toward the bottom.