Pied-Billed Grebe and Friend

[Doug Brown]

While waiting for the eagles to arrive (they never did), I passed the time by photographing a group of Pied-Billed Grebes. They are pretty good at catching fish!



Canon 1D Mark III, 600mm, f/4, 1/640, ISO 1000, +1 2/3 EC, no flash, hand held from car

[joel quenneville]

Good job on catching the action here, Doug. I love his expression, pose and reflection. Fill flash would have helped here. I would suggest brightening the birds eye. Well done.

[Meint Sijp]

Wow, good catch both of ya ;)
Nice sharpnesh on the head and "fish", wonder what cind it is.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Cute capture with wonderful action and lovely reflections. The splash of water is a great bonus. Like this a lot Doug.

[Randy Stout]

Doug:

I like the image, the action and water droplets. The light looked pretty soft, I don't see a lot of high contrast areas. I am not sure fill flash would have helped the overall image. Perhaps the eye would have benefitted a bit. Nice that you had some fun despite the no show eagles.

Cheers

Randy

[Linda Robbins]

Well, your wait time certainly wasn't wasted! Nice action, reflection, and an interesting large fish. Lovely capture.

[W T Lloyd]

Nice catch, both for you and the Grebe, Doug...Plenty of light throughout the tonal range, I guess just a catchlight, or some lightening of the eye, is the only thing missing.