Very good!

Of the three I like this most of all!

Another fine shot a vision of piece and tranquility very well done mark!!

Love the pov and manip on this capture. The ducks are in their own world swimming in the lake.

they come! slowly, carefully but they come! do they seek enlightenment or just bread?

And just when you think all is lost you've got ducks. Another outstanding image. And then I thought "Why a duck?"

Groucho: Look Einstein, here’s Coconut Manner. No matter what you say this is Coconut Manner. Here’s Coconut Manner, here’s Coconut Heights, that’s a swamp, and, uh, right over here by the road fork, that’s Coconut Junction.

Chico: Where you get Coconut Custard?

Groucho: Alright that’s on one of the forks. You probably eat with your knife so you won’t have to worry about that. Now here is the main road leading out of Coconut Manner, that’s the road I wish you were on. Now, over here on this side we’re going to build an eye and ear hospital, this will be a sight for sore eyes. Understand? Now, right over here this is the residential section.

Chico: People live there, heh?

Groucho: No, that’s the stockyard. Now all along here, this is the river front, and all along the river, all along the river those are all levies.

Chico: That’s the Jewish neighborhood?

Groucho: Well we’ll passover that. You’re a peach, boy. Now here is a little peninsula and here is a viaduct leading over to the mainland.

Chico: Why a duck?

Groucho: I’m alright, how’re you? I say here is a little peninsula and here is a viaduct leading over to the mainland.

Chico: Alright, why a duck?

The Cocoanuts (1929)

Looking at that photo makes me feel like there aught to be a foot of snow outside my window. Excellent work!

Wow, this looks amazing and oh so cold. A wonderful version of your beautiful capture. Superb work. :)

this looks so cold and lonely, like the ducks are the only living thing around.

Very beautiful and tranquil !

Very cool !

Beautiful shot, love the reflections and and I can feel the crisp chill air, well done!! :)

Amazing there can be such a peaceful place as this "pond" just close to the big City. I think it feels extra peaceful, knowing how close it is to the Pulsing Life. Just ignor me :D

Very nice work Mark. I like it very much.

This has a wonderful, tranquil feel with the ducks drifting placidly on the surface. I looks like one of those crisp winter days where the temperature is just at or above the freezing point, and there is a haze in the air as if it could star snowing at any moment. I feel like I'm on a stroll with someone special, heading home for some hot coffee and good company.

You've captured all this here, Mark. Brilliant!

I like it... Marvelous capture !!!

Excellent photo and very , very nice elaboration!!

Marilyn and I used to talk about the "obligatory duck shot." She even bought me a duck made of reeds. It's like a decoy, only ... not. I've still got it, sitting on a bookshelf here in Texas. When I saw your title, as the picture was loading, I thought, "Oh, even Mark has an obligatory duck shot." Then the picture loaded, and I was wrong. This is fucking amazing. It's brilliant. The ducks are totally necessary, and yet almost incidental. They MAKE the shot, compositionally speaking. They provide contrast, they fill a hole, they are the only movement. Spectacular!