Two little duckies and their ugly little friend...

Cuties indeed. Nice series. Great shots!

Thanks everyone for the kind comments, glad you all enjoyed the pics. Thanks for the confirmation on the "cootlet"!

All great shots, sharp, well exposed and colorful. But #1 is my favorite__I guess because of the contrast between the dark water and the light down on the duckling. Great images.


Ron

Simply adorable Nick,well done.

A super series of pix, but I'm going to disagree on the ID of the "cootlet" ... when I first saw the pic, it reminded me of a Common Moorhen. Don;t have any pix of young of either species in my library, but found these on the web:

Shot of a juvenile Coot - http://www.billhubick.​com …/birds/american​_coot.html

A juvie Moorhen (pic near bottom of page) - http://web1.msue.msu.e​du/iosco/huronbirds.ht​m

So my vote goes for juvenile Common Moorhen.
cheers,
jim

jimtfoto wrote:
A super series of pix, but I'm going to disagree on the ID of the "cootlet" ... when I first saw the pic, it reminded me of a Common Moorhen. Don;t have any pix of young of either species in my library, but found these on the web:

Shot of a juvenile Coot - http://www.billhubick.​com …/birds/american​_coot.html

A juvie Moorhen (pic near bottom of page) - http://web1.msue.msu.e​du/iosco/huronbirds.ht​m

So my vote goes for juvenile Common Moorhen.
cheers,
jim

Great links Jim, thanks for confirming the ID of the Cootlet, you're right it's definately a young Common Moorhen. Cheers!

Nick man ... you know how much I hate Ducky shots. They usually indicate a last pitch for credibility amongst the unimaginative L collectin' cLan; oh, look everybody at how sharp my Duckie is? Forget imagination and composition. It's all about the gear AFAIC.

But on this occasion you show masterly control and craft to produce three stunningly exposed images that pop with as much lust for life as the sweet subjects themselves. They are beautifully rendered and the Moorhen chick is wonderfully comic.

Well done Maestro

condyk wrote:
Nick man ... you know how much I hate Ducky shots. They usually indicate a last pitch for credibility amongst the unimaginative L collectin' cLan; oh, look everybody at how sharp my Duckie is? Forget imagination and composition. It's all about the gear AFAIC.

But on this occasion you show masterly control and craft to produce three stunningly exposed images that pop with as much lust for life as the sweet subjects themselves. They are beautifully rendered and the Moorhen chick is wonderfully comic.

Well done Maestro

High praise indeed from you Dave, very much appreciated! Thanks!

Great shots of the little fellows

Love that 1st shot .