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Mallard Mix
Mallard Mix
MaryO


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Collection: Sep 2009 Wildlife
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6G VR
Location: Baltimore, MD
Date: Sep 9, 2009
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Animals, Birds
Date Uploaded: Sep 11, 2009

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 Some sort of hybrid, possibly mixed with Canvasback. Last spring I saw a Canvasback hen being pursued by three drakes at this pond: a Canvasback, a Pekin and a Mallard. She eventually wandered off into the bushes for some privacy with the Mallard. This could be one of their offspring. Noticeably bigger than the other Mallards in the pond (there were a few other mixes there, too).

Taken during a break in pre-wedding prep when an appointment got moved back two hours and we had time to kill ;-) We called it Duck Therapy. Probably not the best processing job I've ever done but I just wanted to take a few minutes to do something normal, like process a picture of a duck!

PP - converted from RAW, cropped. white balance, tinted water a little bluer (it was pretty brown), levels, dodged duck's eye and a little on body, resized, sharpened.

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 05/14/2010 12:37:34 PM
what an odd duck! Fun find and nice photo!
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Sony Alpha a1 II
Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS
 09/11/2009 05:51:04 PM
what an odd duck! Fun find and nice photo!
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Apple iPhone 6s+
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 09/11/2009 04:53:50 PM
Lovely clarity. I like the water. Very interesting about the hybrid. It's a pretty duck. I wonder what the other ducks think?
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 400mm f/5.6 L USM
 09/11/2009 10:41:01 AM
i like what you did with the water. i've found that a lot of times i have brownish water in my shots like this and now i'll see if i can try to do something similar to make it more blue. thanks for the inspiration :)
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Canon EOS-1D Mark II
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
 09/11/2009 10:39:39 AM
nice job, good light, details, texture
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