A Watchful Eye!

[denise ippolito]

Canon 40D
ISO 200
500mm +1.4 ex
1/640 sec at f/8
Tripod
I was sitting in duck muck
This little one kept a look out while Mom and the gang slept,I thought it was cute- I removed one blade of grass from image and did a small crop for presentation

[Jeff Cashdollar]

d,..

What a beautiful moment all life is precious.

[Lance Peters]

Hi Denise - tender moment - Like it a lot. Love the low shooting angle.
Would have liked to see the entire gang on the LHS and the eviction of the half body on the RHS - this would have put it over the top in my books - geez hard to please aren't I.
:)

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Lady Denise,
I can see Mr. Peters' point of view...how ever, I like the captured moment, showing that Mom is close at hand...a sweet image...:cool:

[Nonda Surratt]

Adorable image Denise! Love that eye. Agree with Lance on the duck butt:)

[Alfred Forns]

Adorable either way I see the point that Lance has in isolating but also like seen mom in the frame Just makes you fee good looking at it !!! :)

[Harold Davis]

cuteness alert x 2!! very nice, denise. he definitely was watching you!!!

[Jay Gould]

Hi Denise - tender moment - Like it a lot. Love the low shooting angle.
Would have liked to see the entire gang on the LHS and the eviction of the half body on the RHS - this would have put it over the top in my books - geez hard to please aren't I.
:)

Lance, I do not think you are hard to please - you are applying a different criteria. If the image was as you would "like" it would either tell a different story or no story.

This is similar to the active thread regarding BIF/BIS and BIH (don't you just live the abreviations!?).

I like the image with the half body because it shows the ducklings in relationship to the adults. If the half body were eliminated it might just be another pile of sleeping ducklings.