Same pond as where I shoot the Avocets, 830am in partly cloudy skies. These little guys make quite the raucous but I love their red eye ring.
I minimized post sharpening because the neck area began to look a little crunchy. And yeah, those stupid little spots on the water..... one day when I'm not raising littles I stamp every one of them out.
D850
Sigma 500mm
HH
ISO 500
1/4000
f4
C1P and PS. Crop for appearance