The Scream

[Jeroen Stel]

In between business appointments i found some time to photograph this juvenile Great crested Grebe in "high-key" style today..
Not at eye level unfortunately as i had to shoot this from the car but i guess at eye level i would have missed out on the reflection.

greetings,

Jeroen Stel

Canon Eos 1D Mark IV
Shutter speed: 1/1600 sec
Aperture: F 5
Exposure mode: AV
Exposure compensation: + 1
Flash:no
Flash exposure compensation:
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: AI Focus
ISO: 400
Lens: Canon 600mm F4
Focal length:780 mm
AF mode: Auto Focus
On beanbag from car window
Levels/Curves/USM/Contrast/Saturation/Noise Ninja/Home stewed Sharpening-mix/ Adobe Photoshop CS5

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Excellent calling pose, angle and high-key treatment. loved it. Grebes are tough ones.

[Aiden Blake]

I like the way you shot this, as it works well. Nicely done.

[Randy Stout]

Jeroen:

Striking pose, high key works well here.
Although the reflection isn't strong, I think it gives some sense of balance to the image which otherwise has no solid points of reference because of the high key style.

Cheers

Randy

[Arthur Morris]

Love the high key look, the REFL, and the painterly look. The face could go a bit lighter.

[denise ippolito]

Jeroen, This is a lovely image. I really like the high key look to the image and the reflection is nice. I agree the face could be a bit lighter but this is wonderful!!

[Pieter de Waal]

Nicely done Jeroen agree with the comments above. The image and title has an aura of mystique about it.

[Stu Bowie]

Good high key effect, and well timed to capture the open beak. Your comp works well.

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Love it - great capture - the high key treatment works really well.