{"id":19073,"date":"2025-06-22T08:59:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T20:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/?p=19073"},"modified":"2025-06-22T08:59:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T20:59:28","slug":"still-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/19073","title":{"rendered":"Still Water"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NorthernFulmar-20240625-NZ9_1858-DxO_DeepPRIME-XD2s-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NorthernFulmar-20240625-NZ9_1858-DxO_DeepPRIME-XD2s-web.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photo of a Northern fulmar gliding over a calm sea\" class=\"wp-image-19079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NorthernFulmar-20240625-NZ9_1858-DxO_DeepPRIME-XD2s-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NorthernFulmar-20240625-NZ9_1858-DxO_DeepPRIME-XD2s-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NorthernFulmar-20240625-NZ9_1858-DxO_DeepPRIME-XD2s-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Northern fulmar gliding over a calm sea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Heading North along the western edge of Spitsbergen toward the pack ice we encountered some variable conditions, one of which was a period of calm and very still water. This gave some opportunities for some different images and textures.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NorthernFulmar-20240625-NZ9_8148-NEF-DxO_DeepPRIME-XD2-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NorthernFulmar-20240625-NZ9_8148-NEF-DxO_DeepPRIME-XD2-web.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photo of a Northern fulmar gliding over a calm sea\" class=\"wp-image-19080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NorthernFulmar-20240625-NZ9_8148-NEF-DxO_DeepPRIME-XD2-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NorthernFulmar-20240625-NZ9_8148-NEF-DxO_DeepPRIME-XD2-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NorthernFulmar-20240625-NZ9_8148-NEF-DxO_DeepPRIME-XD2-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Northern fulmar races it&#8217;s reflection between the lines of a still sea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taking multiple images is a good strategy as the lines of the water and shapes of the reflections vary continually and some work well while others look deformed <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a 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srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/EiderDrake-20240624-NZ9_6885-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/EiderDrake-20240624-NZ9_6885-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/EiderDrake-20240624-NZ9_6885-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Common Eider drake powers across the gentle wake of our ship<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NorthernFulmar-20240624-NZ9_7269-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NorthernFulmar-20240624-NZ9_7269-web.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photo of a Northern fulmar resting on still water\" class=\"wp-image-19077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NorthernFulmar-20240624-NZ9_7269-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NorthernFulmar-20240624-NZ9_7269-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NorthernFulmar-20240624-NZ9_7269-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Northern fulmar resting <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Generally when processing images I tend to enhance contrast in the subject and reduce it in the background but with images like this where the textures and lines of the surrounding area are a feature it can be better to accentuate that with increased contrast too.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NorthernFulmar-20240624-NZ9_7284-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NorthernFulmar-20240624-NZ9_7284-web.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19078\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NorthernFulmar-20240624-NZ9_7284-web.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NorthernFulmar-20240624-NZ9_7284-web.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NorthernFulmar-20240624-NZ9_7284-web.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NorthernFulmar-20240624-NZ9_7284-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A changed background gives different water textures to the same Northern fulmar in the above image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BrunnichsGuillemot-20240624-NZ9_7398-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BrunnichsGuillemot-20240624-NZ9_7398-web.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photo of a Brunnich's guillemot in a pattern of reflections \" class=\"wp-image-19075\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BrunnichsGuillemot-20240624-NZ9_7398-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BrunnichsGuillemot-20240624-NZ9_7398-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BrunnichsGuillemot-20240624-NZ9_7398-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Brunnich&#8217;s guillemot in a pattern of reflections <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photos with Nikon Z9 and Nikkor 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