spending time
with ducks on the pond
late summer light
© Xenia Tran
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 LS, Settings: f/5.6 – 1/100 s – ISO 200, f/5.6 – 1/160 s – ISO 640 and f/6.5 – 1/200 s- ISO 800.
Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #113: Labor of Love
Frank J Tassone’s Weekly Haikai Challenge #155: Remaining Heat
Jez Braithwaites Water Water Everywhere #44
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Lovely captures, Xenia 🦆 The ducks look very happy 🤗 💕xxx
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Thank you kindly dear Cathy, they were having a lot of fun and it was so lovely to see 💚🦆 Enjoy the rest of your day and much love from our house to yours 🤗💖🐕 xxx
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Thank you 🤗 You have a lovely rest of the day too and much love to you all 💚🐕💚xxx
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Thank you Cathy! 💕🐕💕 xxx
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Time well spent.
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Thank you kindly dear John 🙂🦆
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I agree: a day with the ducks sounds perfect.
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Thank you kindly Carl! 🙂🦆
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The light is lovely Xenia, as are your feathered companions.
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Tina 💖🦆 xxx
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Bath time! 🙂 ❤
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Thank you dear Eliza! 💙🦆💦
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Xenia, your photos and haiku are both beautiful. I, too, love watching birds without disturbing them. And in the silence and the stillness, I feel that I’m truly becoming one with nature. Thanks for this take on the labor of love theme!
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Rusha and for hosting this lovely challenge 💖 xxx
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It really was a pleasure to do so.
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Such a fun photo of those splashing ducks!
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Thank you kindly dear Laurie! 💚 xxx
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Oh I love them!! 😊💙🦆
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Thank you kindly dear Lisa! 💚🦆
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Beautiful shots, Xenia 👏 Bathtime for the ducks 😃
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Thank you kindly dear Jez, they were having a lot of fun! 😀🦆💦
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A day well spent, Xenia! Beautifully caught.
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Ann-Christine 💛🦆
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Beautiful, Xenia. This feels like one deep, restorative breath! Lovely images.
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Patti 💖 xxx
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Beautifully presented in both your photos and haiku, Xenia! 🙂
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Amy 💖 xxx
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Reblogged this on Frank J. Tassone and commented:
#Haiku Happenings #1 (9/11/20): Xenia Trans’ latest haiku for my current #Haikai Challenge!
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Thank you so much for the reblog Frank! 🤗💖 xxx
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Xenia, you are a marvelous photographer, and your poetry matches it so well.
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Aww thank you so much for your kind words dear Lisa 🌺 xxx
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You’re very welcome ❤
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