Red-throated Diver moves to St Andrew's Pool, Par

When news broke that the Red-throated Diver had moved to St Andrew's Pool, I decided to pay another visit.  The light, water colour and background is very different here to the blue/grey colour of Par beach pool, so the images would be very different to those taken a few days ago.  And they are! 

The images shown here all have different shades. The red flash is the reflection of a red car, and the white flash is the silver car parked next to it. The green image is the reflection of grass and the blackish colour is simply a reduction of exposure to minus 1 EV.

The technique used to enhance the reflection is to lower the tripod and camera so that it is as low as possible to the water, improving the chance of picking up distant refection ( and also increasing shutter speed).

Note: all of the images are un-enhanced in colour and are the natural colour as unloaded from the camera.  They have been cropped by 16%. Aperture is F/7 to F/9.  Exposure -0.3 to -1.0 EV. ISO 250. Focal length 600mm.

Up close with the PBP Red-throated Diver

These two images are a follow on from last night's sequence and shows the fine detail of a non-breeding Red-throated Diver, presumably a second calendar year bird.

Red-throated Diver at Par Beach Pool

This Red-throated Diver has been present at Par Beach pool for several days and is very obliging.  I took these images this evening after work and just managed about 30 mins of reasonable light.  It approached to within 20 feet !  I could even hear it calling as it swam past.

The varying shades of light are due to its' continual movement around the pool and the varying background.