Swimming on glass
It was early morning at Lake Artemesia and the sun was just beginning to peek through the bare trees onto the lake. As luck would have it there were some hooded mergansers there and I breathlessly hurried up to get into a good light position to capture them as they are one of my favorite birds. I watched as this fabulous hooded merganser drake was in front of his mates and was swimming into some smooth water. It almost looked like he was swimming on glass except for the bow wave and wake. I was trying out my newly calibrated 2X extender that day and I was glad to have it for the extra reach it provided me for these birds since they are extremely shy!
Taken 6 February 2017 at Lake Artemesia in College Park, Maryland.
Swimming on glass
It was early morning at Lake Artemesia and the sun was just beginning to peek through the bare trees onto the lake. As luck would have it there were some hooded mergansers there and I breathlessly hurried up to get into a good light position to capture them as they are one of my favorite birds. I watched as this fabulous hooded merganser drake was in front of his mates and was swimming into some smooth water. It almost looked like he was swimming on glass except for the bow wave and wake. I was trying out my newly calibrated 2X extender that day and I was glad to have it for the extra reach it provided me for these birds since they are extremely shy!
Taken 6 February 2017 at Lake Artemesia in College Park, Maryland.