Out all day Sunday before today's 12 snow ends the January Thaw - I was in search of a Snowy Owl (found it but too far off for a pic). These Eiders have just come off a long hunting season here in Maine so they are spooked easily. I saw a few Grebes feeding by a floating lobster dock and worker my way there and hid among piles of traps. Got some close ups of the Grebes and was about to leave and the raft of Eiders sent their usual "point duck" towards the dock to see what the Grebes were eating - Hence, nice a close to my 500 w/ 1.4 - AV, spotmeter, iso200 just before sunset. This is 70% of the frame.
Bob