Bufflehead (female) landing gear down

Its that time of year again up here in Minnesota where the divers are flying through on to there winter living area's. We have a short month window approximately to locate them up here and try to get close to them, very skiddish. But it seems once you find smaller lakes or larger ponds with the food they like, they will come back year after year giving a person a good photo opportunity. With that being said this large pond is surrounded by cattails that have gone from green to different tones of orange/brown and makes for a nice canvas.

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Nikon D300 _ Nikkor 300mm F/2.8 with Nikkor 2x TC
ISO 800 ~ F/5.6 ~ 1/1600 sec

Beautiful light, nice wing position and action. My minor preference would be to crop a small amount off the top but make sure the splash line isn't centered.
All in all a beautiful image!!

Great light, moment captured and exposure control. Another vote for a crop off the top.

Beautiful colors Mike great landing pose....

amazing how the colours really took over this image., cool shot!