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Mother in hiding

by Betty-Lou Luyken

Gallery: AvianPosted April 30, 201583 views2 comments

Canon Eos 7D, 300 mm with 1.4 converter at 420 mm, 400 ISO, 1/400 sec.

Those female mallard was hiding her ducklings behind the branches of a weeping willow. While I was trying to get pictures of the ducklings I found this image one that showed the way this mother was caring for her children. She proved to be a very good mother, because all of her ducklings survived.
 

Comments

2 comments
Comment posted by Peter J. Morrissey on April 30, 2015 at 2:05 PM

Hi Betty-Lou

I think the photograph would look better if you can bring down the light level in the uper right side. (Try useing Lightroom).

Peter


 

Registered on July 3, 2011, 188 Posts, 969 Comments
Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 30, 2015 at 8:00 PM

I like the way the duck is half hidden Betty-Lou.  She looks pretty sharp in the larger image, but lower light would have helped tone the harsh shadows and highlights down a bit.

devil

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments