i love this shot, and the ripples are the reason, i spent or mispent, depends on how you look at it, a lot of time on the water, hunting waterfowl in my younger days, and i always appreciated still water stuff. dawn in the blind was always one of my favorite times, of course since i was usually with my grandpa that may have enriched the memories, and no i never took any that were not flying, that's just not right in my code
here they are consummating the marriage. The drake will hold the females head under water during the act