Grebe

[lesno1]

`1

[Shadowman]

Nice shot.

[JohnRostron]

I like the face-on view, but the body looks too dark. A little exposure compensation would have been called for.

John

[lesno1]

Hows that John

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[madcrow]

Nicely done, #2 for me.

[Dave Humphries]

#2 is better for the Grebe ('Great Crested' I think), but I prefer the water in the first, so the next step is to locally apply the post processing to just the subject

some people are never satisfied

[NorthernFocus]

+1 to what Dave said. One of the few birds that comes off well facing directly at the camera.

[Jim A]

In our club it is often repeated that the eye goes to the lightest part of the image first. In this case, Les, I consciously try to look at the bird then end up looking at the water.