Pied-billed Grebe Goes Fishing

[Doug Brown]

I'm always amazed at the size of the fish a Pied-billed Grebe can haul in while trying to catch a meal! Somehow this fish managed to escape from the Grebe, but it sure looked like a goner as the Pied-billed Grebe floated by.

Canon 5D Mark IV, 600mm + 1.4x, f/5.6, 1/1250, ISO 400, manual exposure, hand held

[Jonathan Ashton]

Beautiful clean image, good shooting angle and prominent clear eye, an momentous prey item, couldn't really ask for more! Super shot - oh yes love the water too!

[annmpacheco]

Very nice Doug, love the water and BG, nice dynamic range on the grebe and fantastic catch!

[Aditya Sridhar]

Lovely shot! Agreed with everything Jonathan has mentioned above. Great HA. I like the water droplets on the bird and the reflection is killer!

[Moe Richard]

What makes this for me is the water. The fish in the beak is really fascinating with respect to color and texture. Nice detail throughout the image.

[Alex Becker]

What a catch. Love the painterly water and the surface tension not yet breaking where the grebe is pulling the fish. Drops of water on the grebe are great too. TFS

[dankearl]

The water is gorgeous... makes the image. Grebes can eat anything, I am never surprised..

[Dorian Anderson]

Water and prey combine to make this a beautiful image. Perfect eye contact as well.

[John Mack]

That is quite the catch. Like the light here and the pose and composition are nice as well.

[gail bisson]

This is wonderful Doug.
The water texture and pattern are special.
The fish adds a nice bit of color to the lovely brown palette.
Perfect HA and lovely light.
No nits from me!
Gail

[Daniel Cadieux]

Hey Doug! Amazing image here. Everything looks perfect. I especially like the "brushstroke" water texture. Lovely light and warm tones as well.

[arash_hazeghi]

Sweet shot Doug! love the fish