A mallard duck at Hyde Park.
A female Mallard Camera Used: Canon Powershot S5 IS Techs Aperture: F3.5 / Exposure Time: 1/100 / Flash: No / Focal Length: 72mm / ISO: 80 / Shutterspeed: 1/101
Back to the ducks and this beautiful mallard, taken at Langstone Habour
I took this photo of a female mallard on a pond in Oklahoma City.
Ulleswater England /
photograph of the mallard ducklings / sunning themselves near a pond were they were raised by the parents / that watch over them .. one of the was lost later to a pratator.. / which was very sad to see the mother very upset..
Original acrylic, Watercolour Pencil and Pastel on mounting board.
I just love this pic! The way the ducklings are huddled all around the mallard mom…almost as if they were looking for protection or guidence. Taken in the spring (May of 2008) on the grounds of the Henry Ford Estate. Dearborn, Michigan. / ____ Featured in the Following Groups: / Playful Photogenic Animals – Oct. 2009 / All Soft and Cuddlies / Urban Wildlife / Michigan Outdoors Wins in the following Groups & Challenges: / All Soft and Cuddlies – “Aquatic Soft & Cuddlie birds – Top 10 (#5) Nov. 2009 / Midwestern United States Photography – “Duck, Duck, Goose!” – Challenge Winner #1 – Oct. 2009 / Playful Photogenic Animals – “Showin Some Love” – #1 Challenge Winner – Oct. 2009 / Playful Photogenic Animals – “Birds” – Top 10 (#4) Oct. 2009 / Midwestern United States Photography – “Animals Found In The Midwestern United States” – Top 10 (#4) Oct. 2009 / Michigan Outdoors – “BIRDS OF MICHIGAN” – Top 10 (#3) Aug 2009 / The Woman Photographer 7 Submissions a week only please – “Baby Animals” – Top 10 (#3) July 2009 / Pet R Us – “Delightful Ducks” – Challenge Winner #1 – July 2009 / All Soft and Cuddlies Group – “All Soft And Cuddlies July Avatar Challenge” – Top 10 (#1) July Avatar 2009 / Urban Wildlife – “Birds” – Top 10 (#4) / The Eyes Have It – “Eyes of the Mother” – Top 10 (#5)
Recently at The University of York I came across fellow RedBubbler Darren Shaw (aka duck370) feeding the ducks. This Mallard drake had managed to get into Darren’s food bag to help himself. NB Since posting this Darren has posted three that are similar but better than mine! Give them a look.
Featured in Alphabet Soup, Happy Haven, Nikon DSLR Users’ Group, and I Love Birds. Top 10 challenge winner in Alphabet Soup (letter D) Winter freeze has made less open water available in the marshes of the Fraser River Delta near Vancouver for ducks and other water fowl. This male mallard duck appears to be very much enjoying the small opening in the ice on a sunny late afternoon. Nikon D300, Nikkor f4 600 mm lens, ISO 400, f4, 1/800.
Mallards and geese on a partially frozen pond in Maiden, North Carolina. Ice on a pond or lake in North Carolina is a rather unusual sight as the temperature seldom gets low enough for them to freeze. However, it was a record 9 degrees F when this picture was taken yesterday morning.
Watch out for low flying Mallards!
On a cool brisk winters day, a female Mallard drops altitude in preparation to land on the water’s surface. Sure wish I had been wearing some gloves and a hat! lol Mallards are one of the most familiar of ducks and can be found throughout North America and all across Eurasia. Where it does not occur naturally, it often has been introduced. It is found in all kinds of wetlands and is a familiar inhabitant of urban park ponds. Size: 50-65 cm (20-26 in) / Wingspan: 82-95 cm (32-37 in) / Weight: 1000-1300 g (35.3-45.89 ounces) Mallards feed on insects and larvae, aquatic invertebrates, acorns, seeds, aquatic vegetation, grain. “PHOTO INFORMATION” / Photo taken on Feb 21/09 at 1:33pm. Photo taken in the Cowichan Valley area, on Vancouver Island, B.C. Taken with; SLR Canon 40D in Raw & aperture priority / Lens; EF 100-400 f/4.5-5.6 IS L USM lens. / Tripod; Manfrotto, including joystick head / Shot at 1/1000’s at f/10, exp com + 0.68, 400 mm, manual col bal 6400 kelvin. / Imported to Lightroom ( slight histogram and other adjustments), exported to Photoshop ( highlight/shadows adjustment to bring the bird out more from the water), further adjustments to brightness of bird ect in Viveza. Sharpened in PhotoshopCS2, via lab mode and lightness channel, unsharpmask ( amount 25, radius 5, threshold 3). No cropping what so ever! / Note; Originally, due to cold and dull lighting conditions, the bird was somewhat dull and needed the above editing in order to pull it out somewhat. : )
FEATURED in ImageWriting on Feb27/09! THANK YOU! FEATURED in / Canon DSLRGroup / on Feb28/09! THANK YOU SO MUCH! The title is actually chosen for a reason…....okay,....I have to fess up! lol I cheated on this one! lol I took two photos of the same Mallard, within a split second of each other. I decided to paste one onto the other image. Can you tell which one I pasted? lol Not sure exactly why, but when I view this one, I keep thinking of Easter! I think it is the blue shade of the sky, as well as ducks being the subject. lol “PHOTO INFORMATION” Taken on Feb 21/09 at 2:34pm / Camera; Canon 40D ( Taken in raw & aperture priority) / Lens; Canon Ef 100-400 f/4.5-5.6 IS L USM lens. / Tripod; Manfrotto, including joystick head / Taken at 1/2500”s at f/10, 400mm, man col bal 6400 kelvin, iso 800 / Developed in Lightroom2.2 ( medium histogram adjustment), exported to Photoshop where I cut out and pasted one of the ducks onto the other image. I than did a little dodging and burning, as well as using the sponge in a few areas to increase a little more color saturation. In layers, used the shadow/highlight tool( one of my fav tools!) and than sharpened using layers, lab mode, lightness channel, unsharpmask ( amount 35, radius 1.5, threshold 3).
I just love this pic…Can you imagine nine babies all at once! The way the ducklings are huddled all around the mallard mom…almost as if they were looking for protection or guidence…precious! Taken in the spring (May of 2008) on the grounds of the Henry Ford Estate. Dearborn, Michigan. Winner in the following Challenges: / Cards: Best of Your Best – Choose Your Occassion – 1st Place/July 2009
Mallard duck The mallard is a large and heavy looking duck. It has a long body and a long and broad bill. The male has a dark green head, a yellow bill, is mainly purple-brown on the breast and grey on the body. The female is mainly brown with an orange bill. It breeds in all parts of the UK in summer and winter, wherever there are suitable wetland habitats, although it is scarcer in upland areas. Mallards in the UK may be resident breeders or migrants – many of the birds that breed in Iceland and northern Europe spend the winter here. / Where to see them It is the commonest duck and most widespread so you have a chance of seeing it just about anywhere where there is suitable wetland habitat, even in urban areas. / When to see them All year round. / What they eat Seeds, acorns and berries, plants, insects and shellfish.
Mallard Duckling snapped yesterday at Arundel WWT in West Sussex, England. There are hundreds of ducklings milling around there at the moment at all stages of development – I was terribly tempted to bring some home after I fed a group of five and they began to follow me everywhere! Maybe I look like a mother duck!!! ;o) Canon EOS 5D Mk II with Canon EF 70-200mm L IS f/4 / ISO 125 / 1/500 / f4 / 200mm
a picture of one of our ducklings. I was holding him and trying to take pictures. Here this little guy was fascinated with the camera lens and came right up with his beak to the camera lens. The background came out almost white so I used a program and lightened all the background to white. / In EXTREME CLOSEUPS group / #2 in funny birds challenge in FUNNY KRITTERS GROUP
A pair of mallards swimming in Lake Tobesofkee (Macon, Georgia) in shadowy late afternoon / early evening light. Nikon N90-S, AF Nikkor 24mm – 120mm zoom lens on Fuji Provia 100 slide film.
Featured in !#1 ARTISTS OF REBBUBBLE! – September 2009 / Featured in Best of the Best, 100% Nature Photography – September 2009 / Featured in Top Shelf Wildlife & Nature Art – September 2009 1st Place in Challenge #6 – Best of the Best, 100% Nature Photography A Mallard duckling looks at its mother endearingly as if wanting to utter the first sweet nothings. Baby birds are known to imprint on the first being they see.
Digital Painting of a pair of Mallard Ducks.Used ArtRage and Painter 11. / / Copyright /
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