Courting grebes

Image Critiques Avian Critiques
1

Sharpness, details in light areas.

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Overall appeal

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Canon 7D M II, Canon EF-100-400mm L @ 340mm
1/1000 @ F-7.1 ISO 800, light rain/overcast

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2

It’s nice. Unusual lack of detail in the breasts, maybe a exposure issue or needs lower contrast. The mouth of sticks does kinda of cut off the other birds head tho the closeness is nice.
TY for post

3

Hi John, nice poses you captured of this interaction. A lovely species with those red eyes. I like the environmental feel of the image. My main nit (as Steven mentioned) is the hot whites on the chests of the birds. Otherwise nicely done.

4

They sure posed nicely for you, John. I love that they both have their heads turned in the opposite direction, and they both have a mouthful of seaweed or something. I am hoping that you can pull some detail back into the hot spots. If shot in RAW, you very well might can, or at least most of it. A fine shot otherwise.

5

Very nice behavioral image. Vertical comp looks like the right choice. Whites are pretty blown on both birds though and that really hurts the image.