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Birding Photography

The mystery of the floating head

I took a photograph of a Little Grebe on a water body in Vroliejkheid Nature Reserve. There was a bit of a swell, nothing much, a couple of cms maximum. I took the photo home and processed it and found that there was an unexpected head reflected in the water. How it got there is a bit of a puzzle

a small water bird with a black head and wings, red patch on the cheek and a white rump float on water with small waves. There is a reflection of the birds head where you would expect it, but on the next small wave is another reflection of the bird's head the right way up. Not mirrored as the other reflection is. There is even a spot of light in the eye of the bird.