Yesterday I looked again at the location. It turns out there are a bunch of dead trees poking up in the middle of this pond (created by beavers). Those dead trees have no foliage or small branches on them. The pattern of their bark is what you are seeing in the reflection. For me, knowing it is bark reflection I am seeing, makes it feel a little better. In any event, when the subject is surrounded by water, you get whatever reflects in the water for the background.
Sorry to make you ill <grin>. -- Best regards, Bruce Thursday, July 20, 2006, 2:28:26 AM, you wrote: Eac> In a message dated 7/18/2006 9:04:35 AM Pacific Daylight Time, Eac> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Eac> At least I think it is. This was taken on the same walk yesterday as Eac> the egrets. The odd looking patterns you see in the background are, I Eac> believe, reflections from trees and foliage. I shot from a small hill Eac> above the bird so he was entirely surrounded by water and all the Eac> background is a reflection. Eac> Pentax *istD, Tokina AT-X SD 400/5.6, handheld Eac> ISO 200, 1/750 sec @ f/6.7 Eac> http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_3192a.htm Eac> Comments welcome. Eac> -- Eac> Bruce Eac> ============== Eac> Really nice shot of bird. He really pops. Eac> Not sure what all those wavy lines are in the brokeh, but they are really, Eac> really distracting. Eac> Looks weird too, like water or something is running through the pic. Eac> Marnie aka Doe Sorry. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
