The Rush is On
by Mike Lee
Title
The Rush is On
Artist
Mike Lee
Medium
Photograph - Digital
Description
Let’s not talk about how many failed attempts, culled shots, and gasoline have been burned in the effort but I’ve wanted a truly nice shot of western grebes doing their mating rush for a long while. I’ve seen it thousands of times while walking the lake shore, fishing, etc, but those critters sure have a knack for doing it where the light isn’t right, out of range of your lens, and all manner of times and places where it’s impossible to get a photo. A few days before this image, I got one with them running away from the camera which nicely conveys the wake they leave behind. I caught these two fairly close and running broadside to me and some very nice light as I was sitting fairly low on a rock and I’m quite pleased with the resulting image which nicely shows how high on the water they get and just how much they churn up the surface. These birds clearly didn’t read the nearby buoy saying it was a 5mph “no wake” zone!
I enjoy all successes in photography (and try to learn from failures) but there’s just something extra wonderful about finally getting an unpredictable animal to do what you want and pulling off the capture!
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August 3rd, 2022
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Comments (52)
Nirav Shah
Wow! Stunning action shot of this pair! There's so much going on, from the splashing, the pose of the birds themselves above the water, the reflection and the glorious light! Amazing !/f
Morris Finkelstein
Revisiting this great action photograph of a pair of Western Grebes with great timing, clarity, pose, light and reflections, and composition, Mike! Congratulations on being Artist of the Week in the The Art District group! F/L
Michael Mazaika
Synchro dance and flight … or is it flight and dance. In any case, neat image, Mike (V/F)
Sharon W
Seriously Mike, such a brilliant capture! Perfect timing and such an amazing sight!! Yes, revisiting but it caught my eye and I had to!!
Shelia Hunt
What an amazing photograph, Mike! The timing was perfect capturing the movement of these 2... I love the movement in the water as well!
Greta Foose
The perfect image, crafted through determination and practice and knowledge. It is simply perfection but that perfection is no accident.
Taphath Foose
Beautiful work, Mike!!! CONGRATULATIONS, your work is featured in "All about Birds"! I invite you to place it in the group's "Featured Image Archive" discussion thread and any other thread that is fitting!! 😊
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic photographic art has been chosen as a Camera Art Group feature! You are invited to archive your work in the feature archive discussion. There are many other discussions in the group where you can promote your art even further more.
Gary F Richards
Spectacular grebes composition, lighting, shading, excellent colors and artwork! F/L voted
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