Incoming . . .

Peter ... the light is most interesting. Sorry, no flashes. This bird was about (what??) 30 meters away--something like that and of course it was over water. (BTW .. The image here is about 1/2 of the original horizontal image.)Setting up off-camera flashes on moving birds would be ... well, difficult. So, the light? There are two basic phenom going on here: 1) low sun angle, and 2) reflections off the water back up on the bird. At this time of year at 11 AM at 50 deg. N latitude the sun is only about (??) 20 deg. off the horizon. There MAY be a third factor here. See those mini ice floes on the surface..it is possible they are also acting as mirrors. Anyway, I am glad you noticed the funky light. It is unfortunate the other birds are in the background, but that is life and removing them in PS would take take hours.

BTW .. I did lighten the shadow areas a bit.

Cheers!

Clive

Hi Clive, nicely captured, would like to have seen the reflection of all the bird though.

Terry.

Thx Terry. This was cropped from a tight hozizontal shot...so the bottom reflection is missing. I've cropped the picture tighter (not displayed) and it looks better without the neat reflection begging for more.

BTW ... was out in the bitter cold today and did no see any snowys...will keep looking.

Cheers!

Clive

Happy hunting with the snowys Clive. I think cropping it that way would work also.

Regards

Terry.