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Información de la foto
Copyright: Reina Heuven (reina) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 261 W: 1 N: 322] (1992)
Género: Animals
Medio: Color
Tomada el: 2006-05-06
Categorías: Birds
Cámara: Nikon D70, AF VR-Nikkor 80-400mm ED
Versión de la foto: Versión original
Tema(s): Family Matters 2 [view contributor(s)]
Fecha enviada: 2006-05-06 14:33
Vista: 1452
Puntos: 52
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Finnaly, spring is for real in Holland!
What a better way to finish a suburb day of running, cycling and walking, with a lovely family scenery in spring time. "Great Crested Grebe/Fuut"

During the midday we went for a hike at the reeuwijkse plassen. It took a while before we noticed the little ones, hiding under the feathers. It took even a longer while to get a nice shot. These birds are really a bonding family.

Young grebes are delightful zebra-striped creatures capable of swimming and diving almost at hatching. During the first two to three weeks they ride on the parents' back in turn while the other adult brings food.

Parent grebes assist the young to climb aboard by placing a foot along the surface of the water. But before long the adults begin discouraging the young from boarding by chucking them off and manoeuvring out of the way. If the young steal a ride, they appear to almost sink the parent!

The diet of young grebes is whole fish accompanied by feathers; they can feed themselves when eight weeks old. Feather eating is, in fact, habitual and a ball of whole and decomposed feathers often nearly fills the stomach.

Hope to see them soon back, wonder how the cups grow.

Pleasent weekend. Reina

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Excellent shot Reina, great sharpness, details and POV too. Very nice colours, bg and contrast. This is a great composition. Very well done, thanks for sharing.
Gr.
Heinz

Cute shot of these gorgeous birds and their beautiful babies. Both color & details are nicely done. :)

Bonjour Reina
Très belle composition, j'aime l'éclairage et les couleurs merveilleuses de ces canards ainsi que les détails.
Merci et au revoir....JP

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  • wuta Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 897 W: 2 N: 624] (2104)
  • [2006-05-06 15:20]

Hallo Reina , Prachtige foto van de futen met de baby;s mooie kleuren details compositie en de bg , prachtig ,goed weekend ,Teunie .

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  • marjan Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 483 W: 14 N: 363] (2633)
  • [2006-05-06 15:35]

Excelent cleare and bright photo. Good POV , TFS
Marjan

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  • fiyo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 975 W: 5 N: 2436] (9134)
  • [2006-05-06 15:40]
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Fantastic shot Reina, very nice capture with a superb composition
Superb detail, and excellent bright colours. Very sharp and clear.
Thanks for posting

reina, we have a different Grebe here. Colorful, beautiful birds, you have captured them well. Funny hair, red eyes ...

TFS

Scott

Nice capture of those two, the colours are very good and the exposure is almost very good, the white on the neck, especially on the right are over exposed.
I think that you needed to 'open' the frame a little bit to the right.

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  • Dando Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 641 W: 32 N: 791] (3080)
  • [2006-05-06 16:31]

Hi Reina, excellent shot, beautiful colours and good sharp details. Well composed and TFS.
Dean.

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  • jossim Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1675 W: 5 N: 2139] (11946)
  • [2006-05-06 17:41]

Bonjour Reina!

Excellente composition,le moment est touchant et très agréable à regarder.

Joseph

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  • BeBe Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 128 W: 0 N: 253] (913)
  • [2006-05-06 17:57]

Hi Reina, excellent composition and very sharp picture, Juan

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  • manyee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3118 W: 236 N: 5954] (20104)
  • [2006-05-07 3:14]

Hi Reina,
I just love these grebes. They are so beautiful and interesting looking. Very sharp details and gorgeous colors. Great composition. TFS. : )

Hello Reina

Super shot. Good POV and exposure. Nice work. Thanks!

Hi Reina,
This is great, I like it!
High cute factor, with the little ones stealin' the show :)
What's the ID on the bird BTW?
Very well done. A wonderful post!

PS - I need to go rest now..I'm all tuckered out from reading about the running, cycling, and hiking ;-}}

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  • aido Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1095 W: 169 N: 1218] (4046)
  • [2006-05-07 10:44]

Hi Reina,
Beautiful Grebes and a great shot of them. Nice pose of the birds, nice framing composition and excellent detail and colours. A great shot.
Regards,
Adrian

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  • SkyF Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2390 W: 194 N: 1991] (8113)
  • [2006-05-07 14:49]

Hello Reina,
a wonderful familie picture, well posed and lovely details. Sharpness, POV and colors are excellent. Nice composition.
TFS..Sky

Hoi Reina,
Fantastische familie plaat, dit Futen gezinnetje. En inderdaad Reina, de cute factor ligt op een hoog niveau.
De foto is lekker scherp, mooie kleuren en goede details.
Heb je een statief gebruikt, of gewoon uit het handje?
Groet, Ruud

Light conditions were good. Pic is crisp clear and colors are great. I tried several times to get grebs with the young chicks but no result. Gefeliciteerd.

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  • Zeno Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 475 W: 0 N: 926] (7979)
  • [2006-05-08 15:40]

Ha reina,

Prachtig shot van deze futen. Leuk familietafereeltje. Erg scherp en fantastische kleuren.
Mijn complimenten.

groet,
Zeno.

Hoi Reina,
Mooie foto en fraaie compositie, prachtige watervogels ook, ik verbaas me iedere keer weer over de omvang van de vissen die die kleinen nog weten weg te werken.
Groetjes, Actie

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  • hansh Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 195 W: 1 N: 65] (266)
  • [2006-05-10 15:40]

Heel mooi paartje futen met jongen. Een echt gezinnetje zo. Perfect scherp. Hele mooie foto.
Gr. Hans

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  • viv Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 302 W: 3 N: 622] (3128)
  • [2006-05-13 15:01]

Hoi Reine,
Een geweldige foto, mooie kleuren en scherpte.
Groetjes
Vivian

Hi Reina,
Nice capture. You have a very balanced composition here. Exposure and colour is great with good DOF use.
TFS
Paul

This is a lovely capture Reina,
Good detail, colours and sharpness. exposure and lighting are good. Good POV and composition.

Thanks for posting, enjoy the rest of the weekend.

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  • PDP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2952 W: 367 N: 3779] (11765)
  • [2006-06-15 10:56]

Hello Reina, this is a very good capture. I love the moment you have captured here. Very sweet. Well done on this one.

Hi, Reina.
Very lovely, gentle shot. Unique episode. Nice colors.

Lovely, this ought to be a painting by an old dutch master.
As a biologist I tend to fight these associations, but this photo is overflowing with emotions.
This and that this species was for most of my life my favorite bird make this picture very special for me.
Thanks so much for sharing
Claus

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