Off like a shot

He fluffed his feathers and dashed into the water but did not come up with anything. Maybe it was just wishful thinking.

[narayani]

Amazing detail in the feathers

[Susan Wakely]

A great capture of all of the feathers.

[Maggiemae]

He looks as if needs to go to the feather dressers (as opposed to the hair dressers)! Super shot!

[Joan Robillard]

Fabulous

[Lesley]

Wow, what a stunner! Fav

[Dianne]

A great shot.

[Mags]

Very cool bird and capture!

[katy]

He really is quite colorful and your photo shows all those beautiful details very well

[Babs]

He looks rather ruffled.

[Corinne C]

Beautiful

[PhotoCrazy]

Nice capture!

[Bucktree]

Excellent capture and timing catching the moment the feathers are all fluffed out.

[Steve Chappell]

Excellent capture of this fantastic bird

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Or another one got away- for the time being! Good catch- for you that is!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Great capture.

[Vesna]

Fav!

[KoalaGardens🐨]

love your details on every single feather

[gloria jones]

Love this ruffled feathers...great timing and capture

[YvetteL]

Great shot! Love the details in the feathers

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Great shot

[*lynn]

great details of the colorful feathers ~ nice capture, Diana

[summerfield]

was it having a bad hair day? aces on the shot.

[Heather]

An outstanding capture, Diana! Tack sharp focus to show the amazing details of its feathers! I love the sense of movement, too! Fav!

[Allison Maltese]

Wow, that feather detail is incredible!

[Valerie Chesney]

Wonderful detail here in those feathers!

[Christina]

Amazing details you've captured

[Paula Fontanini]

Fabulous shot of his glorious plummage!

[Susan Klassen]

Awesome detailed capture! I’m sure he’ll try again. Fav.

[Issi Bannerman]

Wonderful!

[Diana]

@narayani @wakelys @maggiemae @joansmor @tinley23 @dide @marlboromaam @grammyn @onewing @corinnec @photographycrazy @dkellogg @swchappell @olivetreeann @mittens @vesna0210 @koalagardens @seattlite @lettevy @elisasaeter @lynnz @summerfield @365projectorgheatherb @falcon11 @happysnaps @christinav @bluemoon @dailypix @jamibann Thanks for the great comments and favs, they are very much appreciated :-)

[Kathy A]

I like all the different colours in those messy feathers

[Rick]

Awesome capture.

[Diana]

@kjarn @rickster549 Thanks so much :-)