Encounters with this species, which we only see during migration locally, are always fun. Quite the cute bird with a striking eye.
Canon 7D + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/1000s., f/5.6, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, small crop for composition, lightened the far eye. Audio used.
I really love this shot. I have not yet seen this bird, love the eyes! The "almost submerged" camera perspective works very well here.
I really like how the tonality of the foreground is about the same as the head and back plumage. Those water droplets suggest it just came out of the water too.