Mallard duck by goodoleboy
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Description
A handsome drake, with its exquisite plumage, captured 5/10/10, at the beautiful Whittier Narrows Recreation Area in not-so-beautiful South El Monte, California.
The female of the species is nowhere as colorful.
A ZOOM is always worthwhile.
Sayonara, baby, and have a nice day.
Comments (14)
eekdog
great shot of the quacker goodoleboy..
durleybeachbum
Good pic of this flash lad.
racolt33
You brought out the colors well in your post work. Nice Ducky :)
johndoop
I also have a few ducks photographed but not as nice as this ducky!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rainastorm
Super behind again Harry sorry...love this shot what a handsome creature! :-)
Cyve
Marvelous and fantastic capture !
magnus073
Nice capture of this cute and colorful little guy. Well done Harry
MrsRatbag
I love the colour on his head and neck; such a handsome fellow! Wonderful capture, my friend!
dragonmuse
Handsome indeed!
ia-du-lin
beautiful dug, beautiful colors.
tennesseecowgirl
Very handsome indeed!!
debbielove
Beautifully caught there Harry, well captured.. You've captured the sheen well Rob
myrrhluz
Beautiful colors and detail. Wonderful capture of the iridescent colors of his head. He looks very pleased with himself as he struts along, hoping to catch a female's eye. Lovely shot!
anahata.c
Very good responses, a lot of people appreciate this classic shot, as they should. You've brought out all the hues in the feathers, and the 'chrome-like' "morphs" in the head. (Morphs as in the colors blend into each other.) The pose is classic. And he's moving slightly---the left foot elevated for walking---which is nice. Fast shooting. Nice contrasts and hues, and nice pov. A fine mallard capture all around. And re. the male having greater coloration than the female---isn't it amazing that many animals have that feature, yet in humans, there has traditionally been so much more color and design made for females, going back centuries? (If you go into any dept. store, today, there are floors of women's goods, but usually just one for men.) In many birds, the males are the ones who sing, too. Well it may be 'all', though I can't verify that...It's just a feature of the animal kingdom. I imagine the differentiation---male or female---makes it easier to detect one from the other, if you're an animal. Anyway, a fine animal shot from you. And I'm going to have to look at google shots of South El Monte, because I'm dying to know what's so not-beautiful about it!