Great Crested Grebe

[thijs broekkamp]

These where doing the love dance. Also called pinguin dance. Magnificint to watch. I know the background is distracting, but i couldn't do anything about it except chosing my highest aperature, so i did. Canon 30d with canon 300mm f4 @ f4, from tripod

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Hello Thijs,
I like the action that you have captured here. I might be tempted to crop a little from the bottom to make more of a pano crop, thus emphasizing the action. Perhaps you could also sharpen the birds a little more.
Regards,
Nicki

[Randy Stout]

Thijs:

While Nicki was typing, I was working on the image, and came up with basically what she mentioned.

1)recropped, up from bottom, bit from left.
2)Darkened the background
3)Sharpened birds, splash. I know you can get more sharpness out of the raw then I could with the jpeg.
4) lightened the shadows on the face/neck a bit.

The action is great, wish the sun angle had been more over your left shoulder.

Cheers

Randy