Posted by MaryB (Staffordshire, United Kingdom) on 14 September 2007 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.
Well the weekend is here again, wow! the weeks are just flying by! So here's wishing you all a wonderful weekend, and BIG thank you's for all the wonderful comments and inspiration that all your fabulous photographs have given me over the past week, look forward to catching up with you all on Monday, take care everyone MaryB X
This little duck was enjoying the afternoon sun and tidying up her feathers :)
The sites been off all day here & I'm going out shortly will comment on your pics when I get back later!
Any tips or constructive criticism are welcome :)
I really appreciate all your comments, thank you so much. I'm only sorry I've not got time to respond. I do read all the comments and will try to answer any questions you have about my posts :)
Wow, Wunderschönes Foto!!!
14 Sep 2007 1:12am
HOnestly I've never seen a duck as closeup before! Thanks for sharing this great pic! :-)
14 Sep 2007 1:38am
wow,this is such a nice close up Mary!I like the orange tinge to his beak:)
14 Sep 2007 2:24am
Excellent detail. Great portrait!
14 Sep 2007 2:37am
Superb! Amazing details!
14 Sep 2007 2:50am
beautiful detail and composition - those feathers are amazingly well captured.
14 Sep 2007 5:10am
that is pretty darned amazing MaryB
14 Sep 2007 5:16am
AMAZING DOF!!!...excellent shot!
14 Sep 2007 11:53am
Fabulous portrait shot!!!Great close-up!
14 Sep 2007 12:25pm
Quack...she's cute. Looks like she was being shy.
Have a great weekend.
14 Sep 2007 12:43pm
Nice portrait..fantastic shot!
14 Sep 2007 2:59pm
Well done MaryB. Enjoy the Weekend. Toodles...;-)
14 Sep 2007 4:48pm
Didn't I say it before: You are the "Queen of Macros", this sooooooooooooo beautiful, makes my heart weeping, seriously!
14 Sep 2007 5:11pm
Wonderful shot Mary - you've summed up duck-ness! cheers Bron
14 Sep 2007 6:16pm
This is soo wonderful Mary!!! Fantastic macro and look at the expression
14 Sep 2007 7:52pm
@Lost Valley Views: Hiya hun! thanks for your kind words :) I can't find your account/site on here anymore!
Nice capture Mary well done.
14 Sep 2007 8:52pm
Incredible detail here !!! Have a great weekend Mary :)
14 Sep 2007 9:00pm
WOW Mary!!! There is such fabulous detail you've captured here on this gorgeous little duck!! (I don't think I even managed to capture half the level of detail in my attempts at duck pics!! :) ) ! Absolutely LOVE it!!
ps : My apologies for the very late visit this time. It has been a particularly long day today! Have a lovely weekend too! :)
14 Sep 2007 9:17pm
Amazing closeup capture Mary! How close did you have to go to take this shot?
14 Sep 2007 9:47pm
Mary the detail on this is spectacular!!! Beautifully crisp... Gorgeous!
14 Sep 2007 9:48pm
This is a happy duck; you can tell by its smile. MaryB, if anybody could get a duck to smile -- you are so kind that I'm sure this one was smiling for you.
Your very nice comments at my site have me smiling, too. Blessings my friend.
14 Sep 2007 9:58pm
Beautiful, beautiful photo...I love the detail and colors.
14 Sep 2007 10:16pm
Onderful close-up portrait ! The duck seems to be posing !
14 Sep 2007 11:21pm
Maryb - this is SPECTACULAR!!!! What excellent details you've captured here and the blue on his beak....WOW!! He has such a lovely expressionon his face!! haha
15 Sep 2007 1:41am
Excellent! The detail is so stunning.
15 Sep 2007 2:29am
Wonderful depth of field control on this one Mary! Can almost stroke his feathers. Another superb photo :-)
15 Sep 2007 3:00am
looks like he was a patient model.. great portrait.
15 Sep 2007 8:56am
Beautiful pose and colors!
15 Sep 2007 11:42am
Beautiful duck shot. They say it's all in the eyes, and you have captured his eye splendidly.
15 Sep 2007 12:13pm
Bonjour, Well done close up..Bravo!
15 Sep 2007 12:40pm
Wauw.. wonderful close up
15 Sep 2007 2:37pm
At 432mm you really make use the zoom. Nicely captured and good sharpness for zoom photo!
15 Sep 2007 9:58pm
Amazing close up, Mary. You've captured the detail on the feathers beautifully.
16 Sep 2007 3:08am
A very well done close-up with great details and a good sharpness.
16 Sep 2007 6:43am
Incredible closeup!!! I feel like I could reach out and pet the duck!!
16 Sep 2007 8:07am
16 Sep 2007 8:08am
Fabulous shot Mary I love it, have a good weekend whats left of it
16 Sep 2007 10:33am
Very nice closeup of the duck! You can almost hear the ruffling!
16 Sep 2007 11:39am
Great close up.
16 Sep 2007 11:03pm
This is so lovely! Great shot!
17 Sep 2007 12:50pm
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