I once painted a swan on water, with wavelets like this mixed with the reflections of bare trees (out-of-frame) surrounding the bird. Getting all those variations of shape and color are truly amazing, as they are your delicious capture, Wayne, but I can verify they are easier to look at than to paint.
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