Surprise landing.

[gary rouleau]

I turned around and there she was. Not sure who was more surprised, me or the wigeon.

Mark III
300mm f2.8
f5.6 @ 1/1200
ISO 320

Cheers
gary

[Fabs Forns]

Pose is great, Gary. Sun pretty high in the horizon judging by the shadow and I'd back up in the blue saturation.

[Grace Scalzo]

I generally like a bit of shadow as they create a sense of 3d imho. But here the shadow is so prominent, and combined with the fact that you cannot see any part of the duck's eye, it bothers my senses. I do like the landing pose. Not often (around here anyway) that you get a duck landing right at you.