Podiceps Cristatus

[Alexander Koenders]

Its rare to have snow at Easter in Holland. Normally the winter as left the country and springtime makes the birds singing. This Great Crested Grebe was already in a spring mood until the snowflakes started to fall. Gave me the oportunity to make a nice winterpicture.

Olympus E3, Zuiko ED300 f2.8, Zuiko 2.0 converter, F6.3, 1/160 sec, ISO 400,

[Fabs Forns]

great mood, love the snow accumulated on his plumage. the face could use a bit more sharpening, and maybe some slight CCW rotation. Great colors!

[Harold Davis]

the colors in this are fantastic, alexander!! i love the feel of this. agree with fabs about the bit of sharpening of the eye.

[Steve Ashton]

Super says it all for me.

[Patty Sullivan]

WOW. Awesome picture. Wow. Sure love those Grebes!

[Sid Garige]

Very very nice Image. Snow flakes on the feather are perfect.

[Safariguy]

Gorgeous, very painterly. Nice angle.

Cheers,
Jeff

[Raymond Barlow]

sweet image, maybe a little too much nr?

[Tom Cudzilo]

Absolutely love the colors. The background really compliments the bird. Thank you for sharing.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Beautiful image and the snow flakes are a real bonus in this capture as well as the excellent eye contact. Thanks for sharing Alexander !

[Gary "Jake" Jacobson]

Gorgeous light and colors in this image!

[Keith Rawlins]

From the thumbnail to opening the image, it is very eye catching.