Horned Grebe - Gator Creek Road, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Titusville, Florida

There were a number of these guys fishing in the ditch along Gator Creek Road, but in true grebe style they ducked and swam 100 feet under water every time I got close. But I too can play that game, and every time they dove I ran 100 feet down the road, then stood very still with my lens pointed where I expected them to surface, and waited for them to arrive. But of course as soon as they saw me they'd dive again so I decided to lower the tripod a bit and shoot through the "weeds" as they swam by holes in the mangrove bushes I was hiding behind.

I'm sure I looked a little strange running down the road with a 20 pound rig (600 mm lens with a 6 foot tripod) and hiding behind bushes, but that's OK with me since it's all about the photographic image, and my personal image will have to fend for itself.

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Make:	Canon
Model:	Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Exposure:	0.001 sec (1/800)
Aperture:	f/8.0
ISO Speed:	400
Focal Length:	600 mm
Lens:	EF600mm f/4L IS USM