Podiceps cristatus

Written by Webmaster Tuesday, 03 February 2009 00:00

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"O fret not after knowledge -- I have none, and yet my song comes native with the warmth. O fret not after knowledge -- I have none, and yet the Evening listens."  John Keats

 

 

 

 

 

Podiceps cristatus (common name: Great Crested Grebe)

This is the greatest and most common grebe found in UK and it was no wonder that some of them were found at Sale Park (just out of Manchester). During our shooting day we saw a lot of them but the birds knew very well how to keep their distance. The fact that the longest tele we had with us was 200 mm made things worse. After spending the whole day there we managed to take a nice shot of one of them during sunset. Thank God it was July so we had a really long day there.

Photo by Marina Parha and George J. Reclos

Shooting Data:

Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 G ED VR
Sensitivity: ISO 640
Shutter speed - aperture: 1/320 sec - f/14, Shutter priority mode, +0.7 EV
Flash: Nikon SB-800 in TTL/BL/FP (high speed synchronization) mode
Image: JPEG edited in Photoshop CS, levels adjusted, sharpening added and resized.

 

 

 

Great Crested Grebe II

I liked the reflections and the colours of this photo. I cropped the photo to get a larger photo in a nice composition.

Photo by Frank Panis

Shooting Data:

Camera: Nikon D2X
Lens: AF-S VR 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED + TC-17EII
Sensitivity: ISO 200
Shutter speed - aperture: 1/350s - f5.6
Flash: none
Support: handheld with VR
Image: RAW, converted in Nikon CNX 2.1.1

 

 

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