Dramatic Staredown With A Common Goldeneye.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I posted a few images of this species recently as they gave me a nice show a couple of weeks ago. Here's another, plus a blogpost you can visit about my encounter with these guys' courtship activities:

http://www.dancadphotography.com/unc...on-goldeneyes/

Canon 7DII + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC III, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/2500s., f/5.6, ISO 400, cropped for comp after slight rotation.

[Doug Brown]

Interesting perspective on a Common Goldeneye Daniel! Must have been cold to get that low shooting angle in the dead of winter!

[Bill Dix]

A unique look at this Goldeneye; don't think I've ever seen one from this angle. I won't ask who won the staredown. In addition to the bird, I love the look of the water with your low POV.

[Debapratim Saha]

Like the low POV and the pose,beautiful shot!

[gail bisson]

Really unusual pose!
I like the perfectly symmetrical look at both eyes and love the chipmunk cheeks.
Your comments imply a small crop so I might be tempted to crop tighter all around.
Gail

[John Mack]

Great low angle. Interesting pose on the bird. I like the composition here.

[Arthur Morris]

Amazingly sick pose. The soft light and low angle are killer. Bummer that the snow cave was not centered right over his head ...

with love, artie

[Isaac Grant]

This is super cool Daniel. My kind of shooting angle and a really interesting pose. Love the snow as a background. Very nice!