Mother's Protection

© Ronald F. Fischer

Mother's Protection

Uploaded: August 03, 2007

Description


The mother duck, sensing I was getting to close, reared up and spread her wings to provide some security and shelter to her two young ones.

Canon 100-400L; 1/1000; ISO 400; f5.6 (-1/3); 400mm; slightly cropped and resized.


Comments

Donald K. Cherry August 03, 2007

Excellent nature capture, Ronald. #705130

Dominick M. Dimacale level-addict August 03, 2007

Great capture here Ronald...Dominick #4594740

Su Sana E. P level-classic August 03, 2007

Great exposure, colors and wonderful sense of motion in this! #4594795

Joy Rector August 03, 2007

beautiful shot #4595381

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna August 03, 2007

What a wonderful shot, Ronald!!!! The instinct of parents is awesome, as this image shows!!!! Super details, colors and composition!!!!! k #4596596

eileen bedford August 03, 2007

Great timing in this capture, she's a good mom.... #4596820

Tarun Bose August 03, 2007

Outstanding capture, great pose. Lovely colours.Well done Ron. #4597222

John Connolly August 03, 2007

Brilliant timing here Ronald! An outstanding wildlife capture! #4597625

Husain Akhtar August 04, 2007

Fantastic study and action capturing shot, Ron! #4599150

August 04, 2007

Beautiful shot, fantastic detail!!! #4599632

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