Q: Getting water to look like water.

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I took these images of a Buff Banded Rail in the last hour of light. The sun was low, the sky was a clear and from memory the water was more silver than blue. I used no filter on the lens, and selected Auto White Balance. I’m wondering why the water in my bird shots turns out so blue and not the silvery I would like it to be.

Below is an image I PP’d a little while ago and a link to the cropped unedited JPG image [600Kb]. The linked imaged has only had an exposure correction and not other adjustments in the RAW editor.

If anyone could provide some hints and tips to improve the image I would be very appreciative.

Canon 40D + 400mmL f/5.6
Exposure Time 1/1250s
F-Stop F6.3
Exposure Program = manual control
ISO Speed Ratings = 250

Link:
http://members.iinet.net.au/~damask/Wayne/Photo/forum/canon/IMG_8723_unedited.jpg