Common Goldeney in Flight.

I'll pose one in flight, one swimming and a nice female of this species in the next few days.
Thanks for looking.

Canon 5D M III
Canon 500 f4.0 L IS II +1.4x III
ISO 800
f 1/1600 s
f7.1

There is a lot to like with this image, Karl. I like the fact that there is absolutely nothing to distract your eyes from the lovely blue, dark green, white, brown and orange colors of the goldeneye. Very nice BG. Nice "wings up" position, a decent head angle, and very nice light. Well positioned in the frame. Catching the subject slightly earlier might have provided a slightly better head angle, and exposed more of the right wing, but I like the image a lot.

Great capture Karl. These guys hum along at a pretty good clip so it's not easy to lock on with a long lens.

One of your best IF shots!! Killer Karl!!

Very nice Karl. Wish it was mine.

Very nice a very challenging subject, well done

Excellent flight pose with nice wing position, beautiful colours, and composition.
Love the way bird pops up against beautiful blues.

Regards,
Satish.

Great light and wing position

Awesome capture Karl!

Lovely light here Karl!
Also nice colours on head and great exposure.