Whistling Duck with Ducklings

[James Fuller]

http://www.pbase.com/jamesfuller/image/126894970/original.jpg

Taken this morning with the Canon 1D III, 600mm, 1/200th, f8, ISO 800, manual exposure.

This mother had 4 ducklings yesterday when I found her. This morning when I went to photograph her she only had 2. :(

[Sid Garige]

Excellent job with exposure and details. Looks like you had to deal with some over cast sky.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Very nice family portrait and sometimes I am amazed that they get some of the chicks through at all considering all the predators. The plumage of the chicks looks pretty neat. To avoid the white areas a very low angle might work.

[Dave Blinder]

Cute ducks James. Looks like the lighting was not hitting at an optimal angle as the water is very bright, I agree that getting the camera lower would help here.

[James Fuller]

Interesting, I see your point about the whites from the cloudy sky changing the real color of the water but I think the green and white bands give the image an artsy, almost surreal feeling. Anyone else? Or is it just too far off from being a technically correct representation of water?