Wading in the water

was what I thought! I had no idea what was going on, but kept my eyes open although it was quite a distance away.

The same grey and windy day, but at least the sun showed itself briefly.

[Corinne C]

Marvelous capture

[Christine Sztukowski]

Glorious bird

[Joan Robillard]

Fantastic

[Beryl Lloyd]

Ooh Diana , such gorgeous timing and capture as he wades in the water and the wings wide open ! fav

[Dorothy]

Perfect capture moment!

[Issi Bannerman]

Fabulous shot!

[Paul J]

Beautiful

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wonderful capture.

[Lesley]

A truly beautiful capture

[Susan Wakely]

Great wing span.

[gloria jones]

Perfect timing and capture

[Paula Fontanini]

What a fabulous capture...you caught him in such an impressive posture! Did you ask him to "strike a pose"?!! :)

[Mags]

Gorgeous shot!

[katy]

Hard to tell it was a gray day with this beautiful spot of sunlight. fabulous photo of him as he appears to be hunting for food.

[Jerzy]

Excellent

[KoalaGardens🐨]

oh wonderful!

[Desi]

Fabulous

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Awesome

[Jerzy]

I wonder if he is churning up the vegetation at the bottom for food. Great shot.

[George]

Great capture.

[Heather]

What a super capture, Diana! Those open wings with the backlighting- just gorgeous! Beautiful light on the green (algae) and lovely reflections too! Big fav!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Drying out those massive wings I guess- good catch!

[Glover Shearron, Jr.]

quite nice

[Rick]

Great shot.

[Kathy A]

Great shot!

[Chris Cook]

I love the show of wingspan

[Christina]

Amazing light on that wingspan which is out on full display!

[aikiuser (jenn)]

I see these birds all the time, and I love them anew every time!

[amyK]

Great capture

[Diana]

@corinnec @365projectorgchristine @joansmor @beryl @illinilass @jamibann @pej76 @mittens @wakelys @seattlite @bluemoon @marlboromaam @grammyn @jerzyfotos @koalagardens @seacreature @elisasaeter @jerzyfotos @gaf005 @365projectorgheatherb @olivetreeann @ggshearron @rickster549 @kjarn @cdcook48 @christinav @aikiuser @amyk Thanks for the great comments and favs, they are very much appreciated :-)

[haskar]

Great timing and scene.

[Allison Maltese]

I guess it doesn't want to get its wings wet in that deep water! Nice timing.

[Diana]

@haskar @falcon11 Thanks so much :-)

[Vesna]

Superb!