Crested Grebe Exhibiting Mirroring Behaviour

Our first trip to Moors Valley Country Park in 2013 today, mainly to see the British Wildlife Exhibition (some cracking work there) but also to see if the Grebe had started performing yet.

As it was they were just starting to show a bit of "Mirroring" but weren't into their Dance Routine. They were, as usual, on the far side of the main lake (50- 100+ yds away at a guess) but at least the Tamron 500 gave me the chance to pull a bit of detail (these are still heavily cropped down to around 30% of the original frame)

Must go back next time the weather improves to see if they are any further on (I feel a bit like a "Voyeur" sometimes )

Brand:	OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Camera:	Olympus OM-D E-M5 Check out Olympus Image Space!
Lens:	Tamron sp500 mirror lens Check out Totally Tamron!
Recording media:	JPEG (digital)
Date Taken:	5 Mar 2013 - 12:52 PM
Lens Max Aperture:	f/1.0
Shutter Speed:	1/500sec
Exposure Comp:	-0.3
ISO:	400
Exposure Mode:	Aperture-priority AE
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
Flash:	On, Did not fire
White Balance:	Manual

Title:	Crested Grebe Exhibiting Mirroring Behaviour
Username:	brian1208
Uploaded:	5 Mar 2013 - 5:08 PM
Tags:	Feb 2013, Grebes, Moors valley, Tamron SP 500, Wildlife / nature
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