There is a small pond just behind the Taco Bell in Belen, New Mexico, locally known as the Belen marsh. I was there on the morning of 17 April with good light and a calm surface.

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Canon 5D IV, 600mm f/4 II, 1.4X TC III for 840mm.
1/2000, f/5.6, ISO 200.
This is about 30% of the original image, as the 30 megapixels of the 5D IV and low ISO gave me some latitude. NR on the background with Dfine 2 and sharpening the bird with unsharp mask. I removed 373 little mud mounds from the surface of the shallow water.

Have I gone to far? Eager for your responses. Thanks.