[Leica] A coot, a cat and a couple of birds

[corkflor at iol.ie (Alex Hurst)]

Didier wrote:

>The first duck shot is really great. Interesting lightning.

Yep- nice shot from the shadow side, as our guru, Ted Grant would 
advise. How he synchs with lightning I don't know.... :-)

Cruising on the majestic Shannon, I once came across a duck with no 
fewer than 18 (count 'em) ducklings. Unfortunately way into the 
evening - hence no shot. Apparently, according to the locals, Mammy 
duck (she was from Cork) had taken over not one, but two broods from 
unfortunately deceased females.

At night, the ducklings gathered on a safe bit of the bank in a huge 
heap of duckling down under the watchful eye of their foster-Mammy. 
Aren't birds clever!

>When I browsed your folder, I enjoyed the swan again. How do you 
>manage to have such dark backgrounds? Never happens to me :-(

The only swans I have aren't from Ted's shadow side and were shot 
with a Nikon F3 and a 300/4.5 Nikkor. Nevertheless, a charming only 
child:

http://www.iol.ie/~corkflor/shannonswans.html

Best

Alex



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