High Rid Reservoir, Bolton - 26.11.18
It wasn't my intension to make another visit to view the Scoter after yesterday grey and bitterly cold day, but after seeing the weather forecast this morning for the remainder of the week I thought I'd have another trip especially with glimmers of sun light making an appearance early morning.
Conditions today are quite different from yesterday, it's still cloudy but windless with flat calm water almost mirror like in its reflection and useless for photography, add to that the Scoter isn't doing much either sleeping with its head under its wing. looks like its going to be a waiting game.
Surprisingly for a weekday there maybe fifteen non workers viewing not a lot of action. The odd camera shutter clicks but I'm not interested having already images in better conditions from yesterday so I'm happy just to watch and chat. Now around midday the cloud has cleared showing that there is some blue up there after all, it also seem's to have prompted the Scoter in to action as it starts diving eventually moving to the road side of the reservoir. Time to change location.
Now on the opposite side of the reservoir the light conditions are the best they've been at any time on my two visits, slowly the Scoter move towards the awaiting clicking cameras presumably having a preference diving closer to the reservoir edge. For the next thirty minuets or so the Scoter happily dives surfacing in water now with some great colour of greens and yellows and a big contrast to yesterdays grey and flat light.
All too soon the Scoter moves back out into the middle of the reservoir, coupled with the sun dropping lower in the sky it looks like the best of the conditions might be over before the Scoter next comes close enough photograph.
With some eight hundred images in the bag in the best light to date, I'm happy I made the effort to revisit again today. Time for home and keen to see the results in computer.
Until the next time..
Conditions today are quite different from yesterday, it's still cloudy but windless with flat calm water almost mirror like in its reflection and useless for photography, add to that the Scoter isn't doing much either sleeping with its head under its wing. looks like its going to be a waiting game.
Surprisingly for a weekday there maybe fifteen non workers viewing not a lot of action. The odd camera shutter clicks but I'm not interested having already images in better conditions from yesterday so I'm happy just to watch and chat. Now around midday the cloud has cleared showing that there is some blue up there after all, it also seem's to have prompted the Scoter in to action as it starts diving eventually moving to the road side of the reservoir. Time to change location.
Now on the opposite side of the reservoir the light conditions are the best they've been at any time on my two visits, slowly the Scoter move towards the awaiting clicking cameras presumably having a preference diving closer to the reservoir edge. For the next thirty minuets or so the Scoter happily dives surfacing in water now with some great colour of greens and yellows and a big contrast to yesterdays grey and flat light.
All too soon the Scoter moves back out into the middle of the reservoir, coupled with the sun dropping lower in the sky it looks like the best of the conditions might be over before the Scoter next comes close enough photograph.
With some eight hundred images in the bag in the best light to date, I'm happy I made the effort to revisit again today. Time for home and keen to see the results in computer.
Until the next time..
Velvet Scoter
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