Great Crested Grebes

[David Cowling]

It's the time of year when grebes perform their beautiful mating rituals.

Canon 5D4. 100-400 Mk2. 1.4x Mk3.

1/1000. F11. Auto ISO 5000 -0.3 Processed in PS6. Noise reduction in NIC Define.

[David Roach]

Simply beautiful canvas overall. The whole image looks properly painterly to me. The HA is perfect for both, given interaction. I don't even miss catch light as these birds are clearly animated. TFS

[John Mack]

Very nice interaction. Like the dark water and overall mood of this one.

[Ivan Sjogren]

One of my favorite bird species! I tried to get a shot of a pair in display yesterday but failed. You captured a beautiful interaction here David!
I suspect that you intentionally have gone for a more artistic feel to the shot and in that case I think it works nicely. The dark water and the pattern made of the reflected trees is beautfiul. I think the blacks on the bird are too dark, but that might have been your intention to get the dark feel. Lower shooting angle might have made this even better

[Joseph Przybyla]

Hi David, beautiful birds, love the interaction. Artistic looking image, I am mixed on my feelings. Thank you for sharing.

[Randy Stout]

David:

Very nice presentation. As a loon photographer, I appreciate the value of maintaining the mood/ambiance of the scene. This is the world these birds live in, and the image communicates that well.

Nice lighting. What time of day was this taken?

Cheers

Randy

[dankearl]

This is really nice...interaction, mood, all very well done.
Swirl a nice plus...

[Arthur Morris]

David,

I am at somewhat of a loss for words here ... I very much like the scene and the mood but with the front bird facing almost completely away from us this is an insta-delete for me. Yet everyone above likes it. But maybe for Joe ... Joe, why your mixed feelings?

with love, artie