It’s a wonder the way a duck can transform itself
From being a clown in the water
To a poem of flight and song in the air.
Don’t let the fear of falling keep you from knowing the joy of flight. — Lane Wallace
For more graceful creatures, please visit: Camera Critters.
Lady Fi 
Great captures! I think these are the most graceful creatures for the day.
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~~~I needed My Lady Fi Fix.
Thank you for the delightful ducks 🙂 xx
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They are so versatile!
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Truly a work of art. Your photo skills never cease to amaze me.
Pelicans, poop, pictures, potty training and puns
That is my link for today. Hope you have a great weekend, and if you celebrate mother’s day…enjoy!!!
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how pretty that second shot is
magical really
and I love the bottoms up shot, made me smile
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The first shot is beautiful. The second looks like too many ducks in the water, causing some to fly away, but what a great capture! You caught them just at the right moment, Fi.
— K
Kay, Alberta, Canada
An Unfittie’s Guide to Adventurous Travel
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That last shot looks cold!
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We had snow here on Tuesday, while today it’s summery and warm! A typical Swedish spring in other words…
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Great shots! Yes, ducks seem to spend most of their time upside down and head first! The second photo is why I love photography so much….you can just hear those wings.
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wow…that last one is tremendous…great capture of all the action….
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Clowns in the water indeed 😉
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Ducks are just wonderful to watch! Beautiful capture..
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Hee, hee… I often think of them as clowns. You see them waddle along, upend themselves in the water, then appear to laugh uproariously at some private joke. I find them a little comical in flight as well, because they seem to have to flap really hard to get going – they aren’t as greaceful as the larger waterfowl. But to see them glide through the water is just lovely.
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Jag tycker om stämningen i den undre bilden. Den väcker min fantasi.
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Great shots and love the flight one too, still looks a little frosty where you are.
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awesome!!!!!!!
Warm Saturday Aloha from Waikiki
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Love the glistening lake in the first shot and the flutter of wings in the second. Great action shot, Fi.
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Great photos! We have lots of ducks at the ponds near us. they always me make smile with their antics.
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Love your beautiful shots sweetie, the ‘quack’ me up! They are comical fowl! :o)
God bless ya and have an amazin’ Mother’s Day weekend!!!
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Gillar hur du bearbetat den monochroma bilden 🙂
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Tack. Jag har inte bearbetat foton – det var så där i verkliga livet! 😉
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Great photos!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
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Ducks are certainly quakers at times and your 1st photo is great at capturing that with the seemingly headless ducks. The monochrome effect of the second shot is great too really works with the subject.
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Thanks. The second photo was shot in colour – but the weather was one of those dull grey days, which looks great on film and less great in real life…
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Love the photos, as always, and your beautiful words…
I also enjoyed the comments here *
~Maria
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Great work, I like the second one best.
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Love them. When I look at ducks on the water I always see them as a life metaphor: they look so serene, and under the water out of sight their little legs are going hell for leather.
Thanks.
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Love the bottoms up, great photos. Have a great weekend!
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Ooh I like the second one, they’re ready for action!
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The ducks are delightful! Happy Mother’s Day!
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You have such a good eye and say so much with your marriage of pictures and words.
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A very fun way to look at those ducks! Hope you have a blessed day!
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Loved the photos!
Simply delightful!
Happy Mother’s day!
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Gorgeous captures.
My Critter post, please come and see.
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your photos leave me having to scoop my jaw up from the floor. how do you do what you do with your camera? I’m in AWE.
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Wonderful shots.
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That second shot is such an exhilarating sight!
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and that in-between stage when they look like a dork trying to get out of the water and take flight! 🙂
Great shots, once again!
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were they frozen, Fiona?
hahhahaha
great shots but my favorite is the second one…it is full of emotions andfeelings of freedom…
http://graceolsson.com/blog/2011/05/happy-mother%c2%b4s-day/
HAPPY MOTHER´S DAY
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I love ducks! I think they are so much better than birds 🙂
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beautiful these ducks and photos
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· As usually, lovely photos.
· best regards
CR & LMA
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Great photos!
But should I tell you that Murray thought it funny because he had roast duck for dinner last night!!
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Lovely captures.
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Great timing in the second image and I love the tones.
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I obviously am a fan of ducks.
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Your title reminds me of a poem recited in the lovely film & book, The Wind in the Willows.
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What a perfect pair of contrasting photos — and the quote is remarkably apt!
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Sometimes I wish I could turn bottoms-up and hide!!!
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We do take them for granted, don’t we? As with other common birds, we don’t pay attention to their beauty and dismiss them from our minds without further thought.
I think there’s a lesson in that for us, but it’s morning here and I haven’t had enough coffee to sort it out.
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Beautiful pictures, the first is the spectacular colors of sunset, the second full of action and movement. Greetings.
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Great quote, and it’s so true!
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I’ve been buried in work and haven’t been able to get over to visit in a while. What beauty I’ve missed. I your photography and philosophical verses and envy your ability to go to such a place of beauty and peace inside.
Really lovely stuff, my friend.
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