Pied-billed Grebe - Splash

[Sachin Saraf]

On a recent Florida trip at Lake Toho we saw this Grebe alone in a near by pond. I adjusted my self to get the distracting shiny reflections out of image but this guy stayed close to it. So in PP just toned it down.

I am sure this can improve a lot and only your comments and critics can help me do it.

EXIF
Camera Canon EOS 7D
AV Mode
Exposure 0.001 sec (1/1000)
Aperture f/7.1
Focal Length 500 mm
ISO Speed 200
Exposure Bias 0 EV

Taken on November 21, 2011 at 12.06pm EST

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Sachin, good low perspective, and very well timed to get the wing flap. I like the hint of droplets flying off his back. You have also created a super comp with a good placement of the little guy. When you have masked the grebe and BG, you can darken the BG a touch with either levels or curves which should then tone down the BG. Also increasing your ISO would have resulted in a higher ss, thus a sharper image.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Sachin, I think you did everything right except the ISO :-) 1/1000 is too slow for this. lots of motion in the body. good shooting angle and subject angle.

[Melissa Groo]

Sachin, great timing and angle. SS could have been higher, would have been better for freezing the action. I would also try to darken a bit. But nice job overall.

[gail bisson]

I like the flying droplets and the pose and the placement of the grebe in the frame. as others have said a bit more SS would have freezed the action but I still like the motion blur,
Gail

[Robert Holguin]

Real nice shot. I really like the wing flap action, excellent comp, and love the water drops.
Well done.

[Sachin Saraf]

Thank you everyone...I am surely going to keep an eye on my shutter speed in future.