Lighting and Colours In the Vermilon River.

 The optimistic weather prediction of good weather to open Indian Summer was totally wrong,as we had rain.But it was needed,and for it we're thankful. The colour in the title deals not with the changing forest colours, but with the natural light. Several commentators used the word sepia in connection with the foggy beaver pond shots in the previous post. Those colours are the natural result of the sun deflection by the heavy fog. Despite global warming we still have four seasons, and all have a distinctive lighting or two. For instance in winter, we have grey skies which in combination with the snow turn a colour photo naturally monochromatic,except,of course, for the deep green of the coniferous trees.Yet that same day with a clear sky will produce an intensely bright coloured scene. I put a winter frost scene in the post to show you, and included another shot of the beaver pond in the fog. You can also see the same effect in all the backgrounds in the wild life photos. Some have a bright sky when I shoot upwards, while others are dark if the shot is level in a tree in a dense stand of trees.

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 The earlier shots were of the upper River, and big wetland as is the one opposite.

Looking east

 The East Track beaver pond with the heavy fog giving a sepia effect.

 The first is a coloured winter shot which the frost and the grey sky are making it appear as a black and white photo. The reflection in the Teal Duck shot, below, is the result of reflection, glare and blurring from the enlargement.

Duck in Flight

Wood Duck in flight with reflection.

Duck in flight.

Three ducks in flight.

Wood Ducks with gull

 I think these are the same teals as above, who circled and gave me another chance. This wetland is smaller than the big wetland, and is therefore easier to shoot in, because the glare is not so bad.There is more cover for me as well. In the big wetland I enter up a small hill to just below the trail for cover, and stop.So on a bright day, I'm shooting almost on a level plane to the duck, which maximizes glare on a bright summery day. If I move further up the hill, they're in the air and gone instantly.

Geese in the wetland.

 These silhouettes are another example of the interesting light. As the geese moved, below, the lightening altered and the geese's own colouring became more distinct.

Geese in flight.

 I really like the previous shot of the three Ravens framed by the red leaves. I call it " Le Rouge et Le Noir" after Stendhal's novel ("The Red and The Black" in English). It is one of my favourite novels.

The Blue Jays are now taking up residence along the River for the winter.

Close up.

Chickadee

Chickadee

Female Purple Finch.

Robin

 The Robins will stay until the bitter end,changing their diet to seeds and berries. They leave just before the snow falls.

 These are some more shots of a male immature Red-winged Blackbird completing his change. You can see his epalettes forming, but he's not black yet.

Swamp Sparrow

White Throated Sparrow.

Swamp Sparrow.

 This whole series was taken on the west side of the River. She's a female Yellow Rumped Warbler, maybe an immature.

Same

 These Red Squirrel shots are two different squirrels. Again there is different lighting effect. The first squirrel was shot in a dense black spruce stand, while the rest have a white birch as the background.