Looks like you are onto something here, Russ. I like the idea of being puzzled by surroundings, where the real thing ends and where the reflection starts, or which one is which. For that effect, I think that reducing the amount of the area surrounding the duck, and avoiding sharp transitions between light and shade would help. As well as having a more colorful duck
Thanks, Slobodan. Tomorrow morning I'll have a talk with the duck and tell him he's gotta shape up and get some color.
And Armand, I think I agree with you. The sun was just coming over the hills and hitting the water. Yesterday there was a pretty substantial rain, so the water was clean and, at that hour, quite black. The reflections got better and better this morning as I walked the river.