Horned Grebe.

[Karl Egressy]

He/she is about to go down.
Thanks for looking.

Canon 1D MIV
Canon 500 f4.0 + 1.4x
ISO 400
F 7.1
1/1250 s
Ground pod with Wimberley II

[Arthur Morris]

Love the image design, perfect timing, and EXP. From where I sit it needed a bit more sharpening. For the repost I sharpened the bird only at 140/.3/0 (Unsharp Mask). It looks good which would seem to mean that it was not sharpened at all as those numbers represent my usual 1024 wide JPEG sharpening....

[Arthur Morris]

ps: plus a tad of Eye Doctor work on the pupil only.

[Marina Scarr]

What a terrific capture, Karl, and NOT an easy behavior to capture. I have tried and failed many times. The RP works even better.

[Karl Egressy]

Love the image design, perfect timing, and EXP. From where I sit it needed a bit more sharpening. For the repost I sharpened the bird only at 140/.3/0 (Unsharp Mask). It looks good which would seem to mean that it was not sharpened at all as those numbers represent my usual 1024 wide JPEG sharpening....
Thank you very much Artie, I like your version.

[Sachin Saraf]

Karl, This is definitely difficult image to capture...you did excellent job with techs and timing and re post makes it even better...

[Trey Barron]

Great timing catching this. I always seem to get just the rear end. Agree the sharpening kicks it up a little.

[dankearl]

Absolutely perfect timing and very hard to get this moment.
Nice angle and details also.

[David Salem]

Great timing Karl. Not that easy to get this shot. Love that we can see the red eye and the sharpening helped. I have tried to get this shot with many species and havent gotten one this good yet. Well done

[PhilCook]

Good repost by Arthur...great shot Karl, liking the simplicity of the image and very low angle of shot

[Jeannean Ryman]

Lovely shot, and Artie's repost with the sharpening kicked it up a notch. Well done!

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the low angle, timing and composition. Well done Karl!

[Frank Schauf]

Great picture, nice deep shooting position and great action.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent moment captured.Love the pose,colors,sharpness and details.Very nice composition too.

Regards,
Satish.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Talk about timing - you nailed that, Karl.
Love your low angle and the light too.
Added sharpness is an improvement.
Very nice image, Karl.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Perfect timing and Artie's repost is a great improvement on an already awesome image. The sharpening was much needed and brought this great image to life.

[Shawn Zierman]

Very beautiful Karl. Light quality, water character/color, subject/plumage, timing....Excellent image in many regards.
I like the fine tuning that Artie applied.