Never photograph birds under anything but a blue sky - a piece of advice I was given a long time ago - is something I always try to adhere to. But although not alway possible or desirable - at dawn or sunset, for example - more often than not it increases the chance of producing images that are pleasing to the eye. This is especially the case here where water is involved. The ripples, created by the Tufted Duck, are highlighted by a clear sky and contrast nicely with the red reflections of surrounding trees and reeds.
Although bright-overcast conditions produce more saturated colours in photography, the water would not have taken on the vivid colours it has here, thus reducing the impact of the photograph.
300mm f/2.8 AF-S VR Nikkor with TC-14EII converter. 1/1000 second at f/8. -1stop EV compensation. ISO 400. Monopod
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