Eared Grebe - first winter

[Indranil Sircar]

Taken late in the afternoon...

40D, Sigma 50-500 @500mm
1/640 sec, F/8, ISO 400 Exp comp +1/3

~ Indranil

[Rene Quenneville]

Beautiful capture. The water color gives a nice mood. You could try reducing the red channel saturation a little. It seems to be too intense for the soft light. There are also a few sensor dust spots in the upper right corner.

[Indranil Sircar]

Thanks Rene. Somehow i missed those spots... here is a repost.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Nice find and eye contact. I would reduce the saturation of the eye a few points and sharpen the bird more. How much of a crop is this?

[Indranil Sircar]

This is at about 35% crop. Here is the repost..