Courtship Behaviour

[Frank Schauf]

Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
Canon EOS-1D X Mark II; Canon EF600mm f/4L IS II USM; ƒ/5; 1/2500s; ISO 500

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[stuart wanuck]

love the image perhaps lifting some shadow on bird on left? otherwise gorgeous image deserves
to be on a wall

[Geoff Newhouse]

A very nice image of the courtship of these beautiful grebes. The low angle is nice, the water and background colours are very nice. I don't like the placement of the blue background band right through the birds' heads though. Also the harsh vertical shadow line going down the right side bird is taking away from the image. Playing with the shadow lifting as Stuart has already mentioned may be of some help.

TFS
Geoff

[Frank Schauf]

Thank you.
The shadows slightly higher.

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[Kalin Botev]

Beautiful image, Frank! I like the repost better.
Cheers

[Richard Flack]

Stunning image Frank, love everything about it! That background is absolutely sublime, well done

[Bill Dix]

Beautiful image, and the repost helps. The only thing that detracts for me is the sharp vertical shadow line.

[Alex Becker]

Stunning image -- I really like the eye contact / look the bird on the left is making, its adorable.

[Raybel Robles]

Beautiful image, but as mentioned the shadow vertical line takes away from it a bit. I think if you select the shadow area and pull down the saturation so is not blue and just white shadow, it may help the image a bit, worth a try.