{"id":112912,"date":"2022-06-22T05:11:46","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T11:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=112912"},"modified":"2022-06-22T05:18:04","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T11:18:04","slug":"redhead-when-the-water-colors-steal-the-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/22\/redhead-when-the-water-colors-steal-the-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Redhead – When The Water Colors Steal The Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

Photographers have to be ready to take advantage of fleeting moments like these.<\/p>\n

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Yesterday morning this male Redhead swam slowly through a small area where the colors of the green vegetation on the shore were reflected off of the water and into my lens. I got about a half dozen shots of him swimming through water reflecting colors and patterns I adore. Most of the photos were very similar except for the changing water patterns.<\/p>\n

He reached down for a quick sip of water, some of which…<\/p>\n

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1\/2500, f\/5.6, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

dripped off the end of his bill. Both the water disturbed by his forward momentum and the water dripping off of his bill reflected blues from the sky, in sharp contrast to the dark greens in most of the rest of the water’s surface.<\/p>\n

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1\/2500, f\/5.6, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

I can’t decide if I like the whirly-swirly water patterns in this photo or the previous one best, but I’m less fond of the more distorted reflection(s) of his eye in this shot.<\/p>\n

The magic of this small area of water only lasted for a very short time. As both the subtle ripples on its surface and the angle of the morning sun changed, the patterns and reflected colors changed right along with them, and not for the better. And of course no other bird swam through this surprisingly small area of water before that happened.<\/p>\n

Photographers have to be Johnnie-on-the spot to take advantage of transitory conditions like these.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Photographers have to be ready to take advantage of fleeting moments like these. (3 photos)<\/p>\n

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