Great crested grebe

[Jonathan Ashton]

Tripod mongoose head
Camera Model Canon EOS 7D
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/1250
Av( Aperture Value ) 7.1
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation -2/3
ISO Speed 400
Lens EF500mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x
Focal Length 700.0mm
Flash Off
White Balance Mode Daylight
AF Mode AI Servo AF
AF area select mode AF Point expansion
Color Space Adobe RGB

Something struck me about this image - look how low in the water the bird is. It had been fishing for quite some time and I presume the feathers are beginning to become water logged.
All C & C welcome.

[Arthur Morris]

Sharp. Did you do some Eye Doctor work? I am wishing to see a bit more of the reflection of the neck....

[Jonathan Ashton]

Sharp. Did you do some Eye Doctor work? I am wishing to see a bit more of the reflection of the neck....

Hi Artie, thanks for looking, regarding the eye, no I didn't doctor it, I attach another version where I did, I also did a linear burn on the brightest parts and made the crop as low as I could but unfortunately I cannot get all the head in.

[christopher galeski]

nice image,like the green water,sharp.thanks.

[jack williamson]

The repost looks better, especially the eye. I see a lot of spots in this image, is it raindrops on your lens or something else?

Jack

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Jon, the grebe certainly is swimming 'low' in the water - maybe eaten too much. Good low angle of capture, with good detail and colours on the grebe. I prefer your OP with regards to the eye, and in your repost, there is a funny mark on the water, just above the highest point of his back.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Personally I prefer the repost as far as the eye goes. I can see that you removed some pieces of debris in the water in post and that has left some "cloned-in" water spots in their place. The patch tool or spot removal tool (for the small ones) would have been better tools for this job IMO.

[Jonathan Ashton]

I agree I made a rushed job of the repost - maybe I should start getting smart and save the TIFF file! The debris in the water is the seeds of willow trees - almost like snow everywhere.