Mother's Protection
Uploaded: August 03, 2007
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.
Donald K. Cherry August 03, 2007
Excellent nature capture, Ronald. #705130Dominick M. Dimacale August 03, 2007
Great capture here Ronald...Dominick #4594740Su Sana E. P August 03, 2007
Great exposure, colors and wonderful sense of motion in this! #4594795Joy Rector August 03, 2007
beautiful shot #4595381Kitty 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 #4596596eileen bedford August 03, 2007
Great timing in this capture, she's a good mom.... #4596820Tarun Bose August 03, 2007
Outstanding capture, great pose. Lovely colours.Well done Ron. #4597222John Connolly August 03, 2007
Brilliant timing here Ronald! An outstanding wildlife capture! #4597625Husain Akhtar August 04, 2007
Fantastic study and action capturing shot, Ron! #4599150Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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