Common Loon

[pugnacious33]

My kinda red-eye!

 

[Overread39 2]

You know even with the overxposed areas of the neck I like the style of this shot. Colours are vibrant and eye contact is good - looks that the sharp point is also righ on the eye

 

[pugnacious33]

Thanks, I have a shot that is one stop below this one, but the feather detail disappeared. The sun was very low so there wasn't much I could do about it, except go swimming with it.

 

[Overread39 2]

yah in those conditions about the only thing you could try is expose for the highlights and try using flash (though for birds chances are you would need a flash extender or better beamer attachment to give the flash more range).
I have been wanting to experiment with a polarizer in harsher lighting, but the sun - its hiding currently