Steven Bourelle Digital Arts

I love reflections in water. They’re all around us and the natural watercolor effect they create can make some of the most beautiful photographic images. I rarely go out to shoot reflections though, most of the time I just happen to see them while I’m shooting something else.

That’s the case with this image. We were at the International Crane Foundation photographing cranes. We went to the Whooping Crane exhibit to get some pictures of the Whooping Cranes, but the first thing I noticed were the cloud reflections in the pond. They were beautiful.  The cranes were hiding out in the grasses and reeds. So while my wife Lynne tried to get one of them to come out, I went over to the pond and began shooting the reflections.

I had my 70-300mm lens on at the time.  Shooting this at 70mm gave me the composition I was looking for. I didn’t want any of the shoreline in the image, I only wanted the reflections. The slight ripple on the water adds a nice texture to this image. It creates a softness to the clouds that has a very relaxing feeling to me. BTW, the Whooping Cranes never came out.

Photo Details:
Canon Digital Rebel XTI
Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
ISO 200
f/8 @ 1/500 sec.
Hand held with Image Stabilization turned on.

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