As the great blue heron slips into the mists of the night and lightly dips his wing tip in the water of the Haw River, may you too slip gently into the evening and the peace of sleep.

As the great blue heron slips into the mists of the night and lightly dips his wing tip in the water of the Haw River, may you too slip gently into the evening and the peace of sleep.
Beautiful! How did you get the effect of river reflections over the heron?
It is a layering technique of putting an almost transparent textured effect over the photo.