Great crested greb courting couple

[Jonathan Ashton]

Tripod mongoose 3.5 head
Camera Model Canon EOS 7D
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/800
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation -2/3
ISO Speed 400
Lens EF500mm f/4L IS USM
White Balance Mode Daylight
AF Mode AI Servo AF
AF area select mode Manual selection
Color Space Adobe RGB
All C & C welcome

[christopher galeski]

nice image,like the pose,and lighting,sharp,if mine would clone out the white bits in the FG.

[Ofer Levy]

This is great! Finally you had some nice light!!

[Satish Ranadive]

Wonderful image of lovely pair.Nice pose and lights.

[Randy Stout]

Jonathan:

Lovely pair, great interaction, nice light, water pretty clean!

Personally, I would try to soften the dark areas in the BG with very light use of the clone stamp. Another option would be to crop off the top row of greenery, and then the darker areas would be a nice framing element.

Lovely

Cheers

Randy

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Jon, I like the symmetrical poses, and interesting to see the different sizes between male and female. Good sharp detail on both, and if anything, I would just take a bit off the bottom.


You certainly have had good opportunities with these guys.

[Daniel Cadieux]

You've got yourself a nice little project going with this species Jonathan! Nice behaviourla image here, and I like that there are a few water drops flying in the air. Since there are so little of the white fluffs in the FG on the water I'd go ahead and remove them, and I agree with a crop from below. There is one bolder streak at top that I would try to soften. Super stuff, keep 'em coming!!

[arash_hazeghi]

killer interaction excellent low angle and nice details!

[Steve Zamek]

Terrific interaction between these two, caught in a perfect pose. Love the details. Would consider cropping a bit off the top.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Thanks very much everyone, glad you liked it, I may produce a print of this image, I have done quite a bit of merging and blurring in the back ground - maybe a little more as you say and slight crop from the bottom.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Now THAT"S what I have been waiting for Jonathan. The light makes all the difference and shows the awesomeness of the image

[gail bisson]

is the best of the series so far. If you are printing this one I would clone out the white bits in the water.
I like the light and the size difference.
Another vote for a sliver off the bottom,
Gail

[Jim Crosswell]

Excellent image Jonathan! I like the low angle, details, water drops and interaction.