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I was photographing the sunrise at Rocky Fork Lake here in southern Ohio,when the sun began to rise over the hills on the opposite side of the lake.
The low laying clouds caused the sun to turn the water bright red and orange sending the most brilliant red lit water to reach completely across the lake.
I noticed a pair of Mute Swans that were not to far off the shore just down the way and I knew immediately they would give me the interesting subject matter I was looking for to match the beautiful water reflections, I was able to capture many photographs from this pair including this shot with a 300mm telephoto of the Arch Neck Swan.
I had to capture him alone in order to get the detail of the feathers and eye and not blow out the beautiful colors of the water reflections, then I quickly recomposed and captured the water and combined them to give me what I saw thru my eye.

In 1974 Randall was asked to go on a hunting trip out to Colorado so He thought it might be a good idea to buy a good camera, he says it was one of the best decisions he ever made. He was able to capture images that were soon displayed on many office and restaurant walls around the area. He has been fortunate enough to travel to every state with the exception of Alaska, and had that planned but the Pandemic ended that trip. I'm self taught he says and studied all the best photographers From Ansel Adams forward. His main interest lies in Landscapes, nature, wildlife, farms, barns and the outdoors. He has a knack and the eye for bringing out the color and beauty presented to capture that moment in time that passes so quickly. Over...