Head-to-head With A Bufflehead.

[Daniel Cadieux]

This fella took flight by surprise and I nearly missed the opportunity, but I re-found it in my viewfinder in time for its landing approach. I like the splayed feet being deployed for touch down.

Canon 7DII + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/2500s., f/5.6, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, cropped for comp after a bit of levelling, eye work. Audio used.

[arash_hazeghi]

love the gliding pose in sweet light, great details. I like the view of those webbed feet too. Do you have one with the feet extended for landing?

nice frame Dan!

[William Dickson]

Beautiful lighting and the BG fits so well. Lovely detail and flight pose. TFS

Will

[Raybel Robles]

This is beautiful Daniel. The BG is to die for, love 2 tones colored BG. The bird incoming pose is great and those feet make it special. Beauty!

[Richard Flack]

Hi Daniel, the BG on this one rocks and the pose is a neat one! Well done on getting a sharp, detailed frame! The only problem for me at least with this landing pose is that there is no eye contact, which to me detracts from the overall appeal. Tfs

[keith mitchell]

I'ts good that you got the feet in Dan they just add to the image, I also like the water droplets on the breast feathers,already mentioned is that nice gliding pose,fine piece of work.

Keith.

[Daniel Cadieux]

love the gliding pose in sweet light, great details. I like the view of those webbed feet too. Do you have one with the feet extended for landing?

nice frame Dan!

Thanks Arash! Unfortunately, no. I was lying prone with elbows to the ground and could not twist enough to get the actual landing :-(