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Published: 2008-01-25 17:25:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 457; Favourites: 19; Downloads: 9
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a group of female Mallard Ducks showing the different wing positions of flight......This segment was cropped out of a larger pic.
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Amazing! It's nice to see all the wing movements like this.
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Thank you Loretta, hope to get some more of these pics tomorrow, if the weather cooperates !
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You are welcome George! hope the weather helped out
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Hi Loretta, the weather was just fine... Check out my seies of 5 pics on the "ruffed grouse" I took this morning... they will make super models for your art work!!!
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deviations are next right after I get through the comments!
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such beautiful representation of these beautiful creatures. I often like to go out and just shoot one subject or at least try to. of course, there's always something to catch the distract me! 
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Thank you..well Chris, thank goodness for digital cameras...took about 9 shots to get this one..
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Ah.Fav.
Brilliant,George,just plain brilliant.
Lovit
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Thank you Esme, I love it when all things come together....with a little cropping
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Mwahaha!
The mighty CROP.
You dare speak it's name?
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If you stay on it's good side it will always work to improve a pic... Tick it off and nothing but deletes!!!
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Of course yes.
The temper...
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I used to have a whole bunch of mallards as pets..... they were absolutely great, i would take them down to the creek and find little crawdads for them.
But then someone in the neighborhood killed them while they were sleeping, with a huge rock. T-T
Those poor little ducks....
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That's really too bad, sorry to hear that.. I had a rabbit stolen from my hutch when I was younger, it hurts ... wish the world didn't have rotten people like this...
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Did you use a continuous shoot for this? I would like to see the rest of the pic! I like shots like this.
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hi Kelly nope, this was one frame... I had my camera set to 1/1000 shutter speed,I let it figure out the f stop...then I took many frames of ducks flying in.. I would let them feed a bit then i would wave my arm to send them flying.. shoot a couple of pics, wait and when they flew back shoot some more.. did this 3 times before I had a nice group of hens showing the pattern... then I put out more food and left them alone..
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okay, this is awesome... Absolutely great capture!
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Thank you Dan, just had to lead and follow through with the swing to keep it in frame... and not jerk the shutter button... 
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thank you Candace, I really like this shot, shows all the flight patterns and it looks staged... ducks are great models, but they don't follow instructions very well
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I can't wait till the ducks and geese arrive back here. We are live right next to a major waterfowl area. I will have to borrow my husband hip-waders and go hide out in the marsh this spring.
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cool, that should make it easy to find some nests and get some neat duckling shots...
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Nice picture! The timing is great! 
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thank you , this was cropped out of a bigger group shot..
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wow. amazing.
it's great how you captured that.
really shows nature
would make a good sketch
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thank you, go for it if you want..
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i'll give it a shot though
never drawn birdies before
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thank you ... these ducks are so cool to watch.
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this photograph could make believe that it is the flight of only one duck broken up into several images!
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thank you, this was cropped out of a larger image.... love the colors of these splendid birds
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