These mallard ducks seemed to enjoy themselves, splashing in the tidal flows of the river.
Wishing you all a very happy Sunday,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/6.5 – 1/200 s – ISO 200 and f/6.3 – 1/200 s – ISO 200.
It’s lovely to see all five ducklings are still here. You can see more images in last week’s post September Ducklings.
Wishing you all a beautiful Wednesday,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/6.5 – 1/160 s – ISO 125, f/5.6 – 1/400 s – ISO 200 and f/5.6 – 1/320 s – ISO 200.
Dutch Goes the Photo Tuesday Photo Challenge: Focus
preening gull
the light that bounces
in the snow
© Xenia Tran
With love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/6.5 – 1/2000 s – ISO 400 and f/6.5 – 1/1600 s – ISO 400.
Nancy Merrill’s A Photo A Week Challenge: Depth of Field
Sunday Stills: Unexpectedly Frozen
With love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/5.6, 1/160 s, ISO 1600 and f/6.3, 1/200 s, ISO 1600.
Dutch Goes the Photo Tuesday Photo Challenge: Trio
two mallards
so content together
water flows
below the fading heather
the moon begins to rise
© Xenia Tran
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/6.5, 1/160 s, ISO 800 and f/6.3, 1/320 s, ISO 1250.
Carpe Diem Autumn Retreat 2018: Love Eternally
Carpe Diem #1525: Perpetuum Mobile .. Everlasting Movement
side by side
the sound of ducks splashing
summer jazz
© Xenia Tran
We wish you all a very happy Friday and a wonderful weekend!
With love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/6.3, 1/320 s, ISO 500 and f/6.3, 1/320 s, ISO 640.
Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2018: Finding the Way
Rag Tag Daily Prompt #71: Effervescent
folded in friendship
her duckling, one orphan
a new family
© Xenia Tran
The female mallard in the top photograph had lost most of her brood to the crows within a week of hatching and only one duckling survived. She adopted another duckling who had lost all her siblings as well as her mother. The two ducklings are roughly the same age and have become the best of friends.
With love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/6.5, 1/320 s, ISO 320 and f/5.6, 1/250 s, ISO 250.
Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2018: Finding the Way
Sunday Stills: You’ve got a Friend
The water is still very low at low tide after a long hot Summer. Mallards and ducklings swim in the remaining flow, others climb on to islands of stones in the river. A seagull chick on the opposite bank watches the ducks. His parents are higher up, keeping an eye on their offspring. The goosander, who normally likes her own space, joins the others when swans return.
a warm sky
salmon are waiting downstream
for rain to come
© Xenia Tran
With love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/5.6, 1/200 s, ISO 250.
Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2018: Finding the Way
Rag Tag Daily Prompt #63: Challenge
ducks gather
in the shade of the pine tree
summer slips away
© Xenia Tran
We wish you all a stellar Monday and a wonderful new week!
With love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/6.3, 1/200 s, ISO 1600 and f/5.6, 1/250 s, ISO 1600.
Carpe Diem #1452: Cool (suzushi)
Rag Tag Daily Prompt #18: Stellar
making a splash
ducks fly across the pond
to see the flowers
© Xenia Tran
With love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/4, 1/800 s, ISO 100.
Dutch Goes the Photo Tuesday Photo Challenge: Height
Frank J Tassone’s Weekly Haikai Challenge #36: Peony (botan)
