Mama

[MEB]

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I went for a walk this afternoon. There is a natural drainage near my home and I came across a mother duck shepherding her brood of 6 ducklings. They were walking down the grassy slope to the water. When she saw me stop and take out my camera she quickly shooed them into the water. I had the 28 Elmarit ASPH on the camera so when they came out of the reeds I only got a distant picture. I continued my walk and 40 minutes later I came by the same spot and saw the mother sleeping on the grass. I did not see the babies until I got close with the camera (this time with the Zeiss 50 Planar attached). Mom opened her eyes and a baby got curious and popped out. She was sitting on all six. Processed with C1 Photoshop and Nik Color Efex Pro.

Thanks for looking,

Mark B (East Lansing, Michigan)

 

 

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[stuny]

Mark -

 

Very cute with lovely light, color and detail.

[pauledell]

Mark,

 

Lovely pictures. Wonderful colors, clarity and composition. Well caught.

 

Paul

[vdb]

Wonderfully sharp,clear and vivid.

[MEB]

Thanks for the nice comments. It was a fun encounter with this "family." I should note that both photos are cropped and the first one is heavily cropped (about 100%) because it was taken with a fairly wide angle lens. I think that how well the pictures held up to the cropping is a tribute to the lenses and to the Leica sensor.

 

Mark