All Alone

[Stu Bowie]

A little Grebe enjoying a swim with his catch. Taken in the large dam around the Mankwe hide in the Pilanesberg Game reserve last year August.

Canon 50D
100-400 @ 400mm
1/640
F/8.0
ISO 400

Exp Comp +0.33
Hand Held

[Doug Brown]

Hi Stuart. I like the ripples in the otherwise calm water and the fish is a nice plus. I would probably place the bird in the upper left portion of the frame.

[Stu Bowie]

Thanks Doug. My reasoning for placing him where I did, was to show more of the ripples. I agree placing him as you suggest will strengthen the comp.

[Gary Jones]

Something different Stu - I like it. These are always difficult to comp - how much ripple do you leave? If you put the bird upper left, then you'll have too much dead space bottom right...:confused:

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the idea and light and agree with Doug's crop suggestion.

[Vida van der Walt]

Ditto something different and like your title suggests, a great mood of isolation in this Stu. Love the ripples in it's wake as well.:)

[Stu Bowie]

Gary, Axel, Vida, thanks to you all for the kind words.