{"id":106143,"date":"2022-01-14T05:46:18","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T12:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=106143"},"modified":"2022-01-14T08:02:54","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T15:02:54","slug":"goldeneye-reflections-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/14\/goldeneye-reflections-part-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Goldeneye Reflections Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"

No, not Reflections in a Golden Eye<\/a><\/span><\/span>. Neither Marlon Brando nor Elizabeth Taylor will be making an appearance and there will be no murder.<\/p>\n

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1\/5000, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

This male Common Goldeneye was another one of my subjects four days ago when I was photographing birds from my tripod in the freezing cold. I usually have trouble getting close to goldeneyes but this guy came to me because he wanted to fish in a small cove to my left that was close to where I was standing. As a result, some of my photos below don’t give him quite as much room in the frame as I’d prefer.<\/p>\n

I still like these photos for several reasons, including the detail I got on the duck and the…<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

reflections in the water – of both the duck and the…<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

swirly reflections of the phragmites above and behind the bird.<\/p>\n

Readers already know that one of my goals that morning was to photograph ducks as they were diving and catching them just before their eye entered the water. From yesterday’s post of the diving Redheads you also know that the timing of my reflexes consistently caused me to fail because the second shot in my burst always caught them just after their eye entered the water instead of before. More on that in a minute.<\/p>\n

There are at least three clues in this photo suggesting that the duck is about to dive. Can you spot some of them?<\/p>\n