Jimbo wrote on Apr 29^th, 2025 at 4:59am:

Ditto.  How the heck did you get so close without disturbing the water tension? Excellent pics! Jimbo  8-)

Thanks, Jimbo.  After I was alerted to the situation, we VERY slowly backed up so I could assess what he was talking about.  It was a still, misty morning and we were patient.  I had a telephoto lens with a special setting to correct vibration (can’t remember right now what that is called) and shot was hand-held from bow of the canoe.  Waited until the water was still, and snapped quite a few shots. Only kept the best ones that were in focus.  This was a truly memorable morning for me as a photographer, since I love misty fog, spider webs, and other special sights on a quiet stream.