Learning to Fish

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Comments

Heather Mellon

3 years ago

Very nice composition and detail in this shot too Debra. The mergansers look very much at peace here and I like how you caught them peering across at the other ducklings. Well seen and captured.

Debra Plett

3 years ago

Thanks Heather, the mergansers like to swim close to the shore. They are extremely quiet so I am sure I missed several opportunities.

Jenny Stevens

3 years ago

Hi Debra: I really like the crop and composition of this shot. The ducks are really the focal point.

Debra Plett

3 years ago

Thank you Jenny I was trying to pull them in a little closer but it really didn’t make much difference.

Yves Langlois

3 years ago

Like very much that picture Debra. Like the framing you choose and the color tones adds a calm scenery mood.

Debra Plett

3 years ago

Thx Yves, I just wish I had noticed them when they were approaching instead of rounding the corner.

Jeff

3 years ago

good birds to do i do not have a lot of ducks here now a lot of good detailing

Debra Plett

3 years ago

Thank you very much Jeff. there seems to be a lot of mergansers this year.

Description
Late afternoon a female Merganser and her 5 ducklings swan under the dock and along the shoreline. Eventually rounding the corner where she had nested. Three ducklings are up close to mom and two are under a branch dipping their head into the water looking for minnows. My camera was not in close enough reach to get a picture of her approaching.
Taken By
Debra Plett
Taken On
July 27, 2022
Tagged
merganser ducks ducklings dogtooth lake ontario water nature outdoors land wood sea ocean shoreline
  • Focal: 400
  • Lens Model: Sony 70-400mm F4-5.6 G SSM II (SAL70400G2)
  • Shutter speed: 0.000625 sec
  • Aperture: f/ 9

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