Forget I am gorgeous just give me the damn food
I have just been featured in; The Urban Wildlife Group and The Nikon DSLR Users Group
I went for a walk today over to the Forty Hall Estate in Enfield for a couple of hours and this beautiful male Mandarin Duck was gliding gracefully across the lake with his female in tow. I was so happy the way this one turned out. The weather was a little overcast but that gave a fantastic balanced light making the colour of this lovely duck stand out really well. I hope you like the shot and thank you so much for viewing my work, please come again soon.
NIKON D60 DSLR
F-stop f/4.8
Exposure time 1/640 sec
ISO speed 800
Focal length 180 mm on a 70 – 300 mm Nikon lens
Shutter Priority
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PrairieRose
Ohhhhhh….....these ducks are so gorgeous!! Very beautiful capture indeed dear Tony…......xo
Anthony Hedger replied
Thank you Rose for another wonderful comment xx
Richard Veal
Well captured Tony.
I love the colours of these.
Anthony Hedger replied
Hey Richard thank you for dropping by today and for the comment, they are lovely birds eh?
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Richard Veal
Yes they are.
We have a few pairs on the river that runs through town.
Rob Parsons
Stunning shot Anthony, simpy beautiful.
Anthony Hedger replied
Thanks Rob I appreciate you dropping by and leaving me a wonderful comment
Natures Vision
Lovely shot, very nice!!!
Anthony Hedger replied
Thank you again Ann for your lovely comments
John44
An eyecatcher here
Nice work Anthony
Anthony Hedger replied
Thanks John I appreciate you dropping by and leaving me a wonderful comment
solareclips~Ju...
Oh Tony, this is just georgeus!!! Mandarin ducks are my absolute faveorite bird!!! The detail that you captured in his feathers is stunning!!
Anthony Hedger replied
Hey Julie thank you for dropping by honey and for your comment – I don’t believe I have seen you much lately? x
AndyReeve
Just Brill – Tony – WOW!!!
Anthony Hedger replied
Hey Andy thank you for dropping by and for your comment my friend and not to blow my own trumpet but wow is the word the colours on this guy was stunning. Thank you.
LeeMartinImages
Fantastic colours, and just look at you getting all creative with ya titles…..
Anthony Hedger replied
LOL I thought I better try with the titles or you will be on my back again and you know where that can lead? LOL – thank you Lee for your comment my friend good to see you
Gregory Ewanowich
Exquisite color and detail!
Anthony Hedger replied
thank you gregory for your kind comment
Claire Davie
There Gorgeous what type of bird are they? Do I have them in Austraila? If not tell them to come to me!!! lol
Anthony Hedger replied
Hey Claire, thank you for your kind comment honey. You are right they are gorgeous birds (ducks) but I don’t know whether you get them over there in Australia or not. I believe, but I am not too sure they come from China and they are called Mandarin Ducks and this beauty is the male of the species. The female has lovely markings but is quite plain if you compare her to her partner but she seems very loyal to him and was following him everywhere he went. There were two pairs swimming about on the lake when I shot this. Oh by the way I am sending a couple over to you, LOL
skyhorse
I’m with Claire, I want these in australia NOW, how absolutely beautiful – wonderful capture Anthony :-D
Anthony Hedger replied
Hey Skyhorse, thank you also for your wonderful comment
Wendy Slee
This is the most stunning looking little duck I have ever seen!!!!
Anthony Hedger replied
Hey Wendy, thank you for your wonderful kind comment honey they are so beautiful
Ginny York
This duck is so beautiful it doesn’t look real. It looks like a great work of art. I have never seen one in person..but now I just have to. I hope you gave him some damn food! LOL
Anthony Hedger replied
Hey Ginny thank you for your kind comment and I did feel very guilty because I didn’t feed him as I only had shelled peanuts for the squirrels but other people were feeding him.
RichardKlos
Anthony Hedger replied
Hey Richard thank you for your kind comment
Susan Zohn
Tony, this is wonderful. Did you shoot it on a tripod? This is amazing. The sharpness and color. Wow. Love it.
Anthony Hedger replied
Hey Susan, thanks for your lovely comment. I was trying something out when I was shooting which I read in my latest camera magazine as I keep getting a lot of my shots blurred or out of focus. One of the things they suggested was if you are shooting with a zoom lens of say 300mm then just to double the shutter speed to stop camera shake so make it 1/600 plus. So I took the shot without a tripod this time (I didn’t have it with me) although it would have helped even better but I used a very fast shutter speed.
NIKON D60 DSLR, F-stop f/4.8, Exposure time 1/640 sec, ISO speed 800, Focal length 180 mm on a 70 – 300 mm Nikon lens, and Shutter Priority. x
Kazzoom IPA
beautiful capture, well done
Anthony Hedger replied
thank you Kaz for your lovely comment.
KcranmerArt
He should have a sign saying “Will work for compliments’, lol…beautiful capture Tony!
Anthony Hedger replied
Kellie! OMG it is so great to see you here wow! Thank you for dropping by and for your wonderful comment on my shot and just like the male eh Will work for compliments LOL Thanks honey xxx
ilpo laurila
Brilliant shot, very sharp and great colors.
Anthony Hedger replied
thank you ilpo for your lovely comment.
Jeff Stroud
is this creature “real” ? Beautiful shot!
Anthony Hedger replied
LOL thanks Jeff and yes he’s for real. Thanks for your comment
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sneha
wow!! so gorgeous!! loved it!!
Anthony Hedger replied
Thanks for your comment Sneha
Mia1
Wow, this is gorgeous. Beautiful shot. :o)
Anthony Hedger replied
Hey Mia thank you for your comment honey
AngelArtiste
I cannot forget how gorgeous he is! =)
Anthony Hedger replied
Hey Angela thank you for your comment honey
Ginny York
Well as long as this pretty boy got some food…all is good! smile
Anthony Hedger replied
LOL he did x
coffeetea
Gosh… he does have a bit attitude ! in the way in the eye and body language!!
Brilliant capture! BB. hahaahha so funny…
Anthony Hedger replied
Hey Susan thank you for your comment today honey xxhugsxx
Anne Hale
Gorgeous… it almost looks like a painting.
Anthony Hedger replied
Hey Anne it was good of you to drop by today and to leave me a kind comment thank you
coffeetea
some boys are like that …:) lol funny. you caught the spiritual part of this bird. bb.
Anthony Hedger replied
Thank you Susan
solareclips~Ju...
No, you haven’t seen me much lately…... here and here explain why…..
Anthony Hedger replied
sorry honey I didn’t know I really hope you feel better soon xx
Orla Cahill
Such a beautiful bird. Great shot Anthony.
Anthony Hedger replied
Thank you Orla for your kind comment
cdwork
A stunning shot- what an amazing duck!!!
Anthony Hedger replied
Thank you Chrissy x
Cheryl Lunde
He is Gorgeous! WOW!
Anthony Hedger replied
Thank you Cheryl for your kind comment
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kimie
Brilliant Tony, love the colours x
Anthony Hedger replied
Thank you Kimie x hugs x
ldeiter78
Wow – awesome duck!!! Such vibrant colors and patterns!
Anthony Hedger replied
Thank you for your kind comment today
Neil Swenser
I will never cease to be amazed by the colour of these birds…..........wonderful shot Anthony.
Anthony Hedger replied
Thank you Neil for your kind comment on my shot, and yes, they are such beautiful birds
Lucindawind
perfect !! hes so beautiful
Anthony Hedger replied
Thank you again my dear friend
kathy s gillen...
wow, Fantastic image
Anthony Hedger replied
Thank you Kathy for your kind comment
Rick & Deb Larson
CONGRATS on your well deserved feature in the Animal Photography group with this beautiful capture of the male Mandarin Duck, his colors are awesome, a superb capture for sure!! Take Care and have a GREAT weekend. Rick & Deb :)
Anthony Hedger replied
Thank you Rick & Deb for your wonderful comment
Ginny York
Congradulations on your Feature in Animal Photography!! It really is gorgeous!!
Anthony Hedger replied
Thank you Ginny for your kind comment
stacyshell67
Gorgeous!
Anthony Hedger replied
Thank you Stacy for your kind comment
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Jennifer E. Ga...
Gorgeous shot!
Anthony Hedger replied
Thank you for your kind comment
Stuart Chapman
The colours in this are amazing Anthony, so bright crisp and the details on the duck are just incredible.
Anthony Hedger replied
Hey Stuart thank you my friend for your wonderful comment today
Bonnie Pelton
WOW AMAZING CAPTURE!!!:D
Anthony Hedger replied
Hey Bonnie thank you for your wonderful comment
Ginger Barritt
STUNNING!
Anthony Hedger replied
thank you Ginger for your kind comments honey
nosajnybor
wow – gorgeous shot!
Anthony Hedger replied
Hey there, thank you for your wonderful comment
Barbara Brown
A beautiful capture!!!
Anthony Hedger replied
Thank you Barbara for your kind comment
PamelaJoPhoto
Oh Wow! I have seen some beautiful ducks but this one tops them all. Wow! Fantastic shot!
Anthony Hedger replied
Thank you Pamela for your kind comments
jackiefagan
Beautiful colours, well captured
Anthony Hedger replied
Thank you Jackie for your kind comment
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DJ LeMay
These beauties don’t even look REAL to me!! Fascinating detail and of course… I can’t forget that he’s just GORGEOUS!!
Anthony Hedger replied
Bless you honey and thank you for your kind comments
Luci Mahon
Excellent capture Tony! Love the colours! x
Anthony Hedger replied
Thank you Luci x
hopelilly
Beautiful, beautiful Bird. Saw them at Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen in Denmark.So its great to see them again.Wonderful shot.
Anthony Hedger replied
you are too kind, thank you again and please come back any time
Jenni77
Thats an amazing duck, never seen anything like it before!
Anthony Hedger replied
Hey Jenni thank you so much for dropping by today and leaving me a wonderful comment
Richard Veal
Congrats on winning the challenge Tony.
Anthony Hedger replied
Thank you Richard I had no idea wow this is great
Irene Burdell
Congratulations Tony

Anthony Hedger replied
Thank you Irene, I was just saying to Richard that I had no idea I’d won. I am speachless. Thank you and the group for everything xx
Tori Buck
Such vibrant colors. Nicely done.
Anthony Hedger replied
Thanks again Tori for all of your lovely and kind comments to me x
Karen Moore
This is beautiful wish we had them here in Florida. Nice shot !!!
Anthony Hedger replied
Hey Karen thank you so much for your lovely comment
Di Jenkins
Superb shot, and yes I must write it – GORGEOUS!!!
Anthony Hedger replied
LOL thank you again you are too kind
snappyexposure
Anthony this is just superb shot and great title, certainly made my day.
Anthony Hedger replied
Thank you again Paula
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Jason Connolly
A 1st class capture mate, well done.
Anthony Hedger replied
thank you for dropping by Jason and for the kind comment
Dave & Trena P...
simply stunning! beautifully captured!
Anthony Hedger replied
thank you for dropping by guy’s and for your kind comment
Carol Barona
so beautiful!
Anthony Hedger replied
thank you for dropping in Carol and for your lovely comment
NatureGreeting...
Wonderful!!!!!!!!
Anthony Hedger replied
thank you for dropping by again and for your kind comment
joanna77
exquisite
Anthony Hedger replied
thank you for dropping in Joanna and for your lovely comment
rd Erickson
How do you add one more comment !!!!!! really nice image.
Anthony Hedger replied
Thank you for a great comment my friend.
To add more comments on anyones work just click on the reply button again and if there isn’t a reply button just write it anyway
Baynanno1
Lovely image of this colourful duck.
Anthony Hedger replied
thank you for your lovely comment
Brandie1
Suberb capture.
He has some beautiful colouring.
Anthony Hedger replied
thank you for your wonderful comment
DilettantO
Gorgeous shot! Soooo crisp!! Looks like something Pixar dreamt up. Hard to believe these are REAL birds. In case you don’t know ( and you probably don’t) I create digital artwork for the WWF stamp collection and I sometimes need to source my own photo ref. It’s not often you come across work that is so perfect for this purpose, like yours. If you would be willing to let me use any of your shots ( for ref only), should the occasion arise, please let me know. I haven’t painted a Mandarin Duck for them yet, but it could happen. Please check out my gallery to see my work.
Anthony Hedger replied
Wow what a fantastic comment my friend thank you so very much. I have looked through your beautiful art work and I do believe one word will say it all for me; AMAZING you certainly have a wonderful talent for nature art it really is beautiful. I will be honoured for you to use some of my work if you need to please just ask if and when the time arrives.
Thanks again, Tony
DilettantO
Thanks so much for your kind words. I have to say that the quality of the ref material has a lot to do with the quality of my artwork. I don’t really like ‘inventing’ things that aren’t visible in the photo, due to poor lighting / focus etc, and fortunately I rarely have to do this. If I was lucky enough to paint your Mandarin Duck, I can virtually guarantee that the artwork and your great photo would look almost indistinguishable from each other. That’s not meant as a self compliment. It’s a compliment to the quality of your excellent photography. Of course, I wouldn’t expect to use it for free, so when the situation arises, as I’m sure it will, we can discuss this. Great to have found you!
Anthony Hedger replied
Thank you my friend speak soon
Themis
Lovely looking bird, and I love the photo: the colours and the clarity are super!
Anthony Hedger replied
Thank you for your wonderful comment
Themis
...and the caption – so fitting :-)
Anthony Hedger replied
thank you again
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