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One Minute from Home
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Copyright: Bob Airhart (bobair) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 384 W: 84 N: 1259] (4614)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-09-02
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS 30d, Canon 100-400L 4.5-5.6 IS USM
Exposure: f/8, 1/160 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-01-25 22:46
Viewed: 522
Points: 28
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Hi, Everyone today I give you a view of a female Mallard duck who was only a one minute walk from where I live.She is going about her life in a small pond that is home to salamanders and very tiny fish and of course water plants as well as a healthy variety of insects.The value of ponds are immeasurable and really need to be cared for and protected as you would for your own home.Sure mosquitoes breed and live here but they too are important in the overall picture as you know that all life lives in a chain and should a link in that chain be broken,all will pay a price up to and including death.I do not want to see anything here on our planet become extinct as that is a tragic thing that I hate to see happen.Life on our Earth has been here for something like 3.8 billion years and my hope is it will be around with all it's variety for another 3.8 billion,but it can only happen if we-humans let it.I say that because we have an innate ability to kill and at our hands many tens of thousands of living things have become extinct.I want to live in a world where I can at anytime see something natural living in clean water and breathing clean air and not have to worry about it remaining that way.I want that for me and you and everybody yet to be born for there is a simple joy to the things that live in our lovely,natural world.R.E.S.P.E.C.T find out what it means to me!By the way I am not a tree hugging liberal or a redneck crazy but rather somebody who just cares and hope that you in your gentle way do as well.

This photo was cropped and resized using Paint.Net.

Have a good and safe weekend. Bob
Jamesp, rcrick, angybone, vanderschelden, mariki, Adanac, CeltickRanger, tkp1165 has marked this note useful
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  • Jamesp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1305 W: 0 N: 5107] (15234)
  • [2008-01-25 23:23]

Hi Bob

Very good POV and pose. The exposure/lighting are really good too - as is the colours saturation.

James

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  • rcrick Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 648 W: 42 N: 1198] (3860)
  • [2008-01-25 23:50]

Hey Bob.
What a beautiful shot of this female Mallard duck, love the low POV and the detail is stunning, excellent colours especially that splash of blue, well framed and composed, congratulations, all the best Cheers Rick :)

Hello Bob,
Fine details in the well groomed plumage of this happy duck!
Seems like she is very pleased to have found this habitat that looks like providing plenty of food for her...
Good point of view and a well composed presentation!
Greetings,
Pablo -

Great! Looks almost 3 dimensional. Excellent detail! Well done and TFS! Cheers, Klaus

Fabulous details in the feathers, wonderful light, so clean and clear!

That's it, Bob!
Fascinating image; for example an excellent point of view showing all the greenish 'stuff' very well.
Well done!
TFS
Annick

Superbes détils et magnifiques couleurs.
Bravo
marie

Hello Bob,
pressing for time, now going out of city for some photographing!
just drop by to compliment this wonderful shot
cheers
Tony

Hello Bob,

Great picture of this mallard. Very nice composition. Great POV and DOF. Wonderful light and colours. Superb pic!
Cheers,
Mariki

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  • Adanac Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1111 W: 1 N: 4518] (15132)
  • [2008-01-26 18:16]

Hi Bob,
Outstanding details and colors achieve with your great camera work, thank you Bob for both the image and note.
Rick

hello Bob

lovely pose of this female mallard on a excellent POV
showing us the superb details of his plumage, TFS

Asbed

Hi Bob
Beautiful Shot!! Great exposure,lighting,Color and vary nice detail!!
Excellent Capture,TFS
Tom

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  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2731 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2008-01-28 19:04]

Hello Bob

The clarity is superb in this one.Spot on focus and sharp detail.
Excellent lighting and colours.
The plumage detail is wonderful.
Well composed ,I love the setting.She has a nice little duck weed on her head as an accent.
TFS

Rob

This is a lovely sharp image of an under-appreciated species. I think mallards are so common that one doesn't always appreciate how lovely they are.

TFS
Evelynn : )

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