Theme: Trying the Wings.

Juvenile Red-necked Grebe.
Thanks for looking.

Canon 1D Mark IV
Canon 500 f4.0 L IS II.
1.4x III.
ISO 640
1/1000 s
f 7.1

Love the splash, the light and the details, and your title :)
Nice one Karl

This is a fabulous shot Karl! The water motion. The droplets of water that seem to be collecting on the inside of my screen Lol. The wings open and the pose. Colours, and processing. All top notch.

Try as I did, I could not even nit-pick.

Congratulations on this shot, Karl. It is a gem in my eyes.

Ross

Terrific action, nice light, great expression, good HA. I wonder if a slightly looser crop would be an option?

I love the action, and it almost seems as if every water drop is in a perfectly assigned space. If anything I would have preferred more room left and top, but still a very enjoyable scene to view :-)

Hi Karl a very nice action frame , well timed and the crop works well .Love the flying droplets and the HA . I like the basic colors and tones but ......
Overall for me the colors/tones are a bit flat , i just miss some depth in them .
Where was the focus point , as the head does look a bit soft to me .

Nice one Karl , TFS Andreas