12/20/2017 Bill Williams National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona. I had scouted the area the evening before and found a vantage point I could return to. I returned the next morning before first light on the 20th and hiked to my chosen spot. My goal was to photograph the sunrise over the desert oasis. I didn't count on all the other wonderful scenes I would find. From my perch on top of a small ridge line I waited for the sunrise and looked for other points of interest I might be able to isolate. Once done photographing the glorious sunrise I switched to my 300 mm Nikkor 2.8 and began isolating specific areas. I found this scene by pure accident as I scanned across it. I shot 4 different exposures to capture the full range of color. In post I merged the four images and adjusted contrast and color. I also burned the shadows to increase the contrast range. I showed the finished image to my wife and she said it looked like a water color painting. So we picked Water Colors for the title.