GCG parenting

[Krijn Trimbos]

This must be one of the best nest shots I have taken during my first real project, that was actually Jasper Doest's project at the time. He asked me to join in and we had the best time ever with these birds! One really nice afternoon everything came together.

This is the female returning to the nest. Some might want the perfect headturn, but for me this is showing the female really attending to here chicks.

Hope you like it,

Canon EOS 350D 1/400 f7.1
ISO 400
Canon 100-400mm 3.5-4.5 L IS USM
Handheld in waders.

[Fabs Forns]

I thought I had replied to this before and I don't see it now.
Anyway, gorgeous light and habitat, very good behavior image, where the BG and the water
drops add a lot.
If this were mine, I'd crop a few milliliters off the bottom for a cleaner look.
Congrats on a fine image, Krijin :)

[Krijn Trimbos]

Hi fabs, thx must have been on NPN. I never posted it here before.
Cheers
krijn

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Dont mind the head angle at all. loved the pose actually. Water droplets add a lot. Big congrats.

[Ted Willcox]

Very interesting image. Maybe a little to saturated? Tack sharp. Beautiful colours. Looks to me likes she is attending to her eggs not chicks? Well done Krijn.
Ted

[Nagesh Mula]

This is fantastic Krijin and you nailed it in a very good way. Also, I am surprised to see lens you used is 100-400 mm and that encourages me. Congrats!!

[Tony Whitehead]

Super pose and colours, Krijn. I like the BG and nest with visible egg shells. I might tone down the blues a little.

[James Salywoda]

Excellent Krijn! I like that you captured this Grebe as it was positioning itself to tend to the eggs nice surrounding habitat.

[Cal Walters]

Lovely - just lovely. I really like the natural pose to bring out the bird's instincts. Agree with the comment on the blues - a bit electric on the edges. The thing that really popped for me were the water drops. Some on the front of the breast are a little hot (or just a half diameter of some of the drops were) and they pull my eye there.

[Stu Bowie]

I like the perspective here, together with the detail and colours. The droplets on the belly really adds to the image.

[Mike Lentz]

Excellent image, really like your processing! :)