Pied-billed grebes are secretive creatures of the marsh that are rarely viewed fairly close. This guy was splashing it up pretty good fairly close to the edge of the dike. I was concealed be reeds and cattails so the grebe never me.
D850 600mm f4 Crop for comp, levels, Topaz DeNoise AI
These little guys are always cute, and I’ve been frustrated in getting as close to them as I want. Good job on being stealthy. The ripples accentuate the action – well captured! I wonder about pulling down the highlights just a little? (And maybe Shadows up to compensate.) Hard to be sure but it feels that it needs just a bit of CW rotation, from the ripples.)
Good job getting fairly close to this one, Jim. It’s interesting that it’s sitting so high in the water. I usually see them much lower.
Hi Jim
What the saying " you can’t compete with children or babies". The eye contact, feather detail and ripples in the water are marvels. Very nice photograph.
Peter
