A portrait of our duck, Jemima x 1 img

Lance B · Mar 17, 2009

Our duck, Jemima, having a rest on our lawn and posing for the camera:

K20D +FA*80-200 f2.8 @200mm & f4, 1/100sec, ISO100 handheld.

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GVRB · Mar 17, 2009

Hey mate.

I remember that duck. From memory she rarely stopped for long

I like the shot by the way. Small DOF works well with the flower.

Hope all is going well
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Brentliris · Mar 17, 2009

You got very charming DUCK!! Fun with photography ! Great shot! Love the composition and the pose.

Regards

Brent
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Stomie · Mar 17, 2009

....she looks just about ready for the plum sauce ;->
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Lance B · Mar 17, 2009

GVRB said:
Hey mate.

I remember that duck. From memory she rarely stopped for long I
like the shot by the way. Small DOF works well with the flower.

Thanks, mate.

GVRB said:
Hope all is going well

Getting better.

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Lance B · Mar 17, 2009

Brentliris said:
You got very charming DUCK!! Fun with photography ! Great shot! Love
the composition and the pose.

Regards

Brent

Thank you very much, Brent.

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Lance B · Mar 17, 2009

Stomie said:
....she looks just about ready for the plum sauce ;->

I couldn't bare to eat our duck. She lays an egg for us each day.

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foxglove · Mar 17, 2009

The flower makes the portrait special. Two questions: Did you put the flower there? And did she eat it?

Julie

ozdean · Mar 17, 2009

I agree somehow the flower adds interest, colour and dimension to the composition Lance - nice shot.
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Cynthia FarrWeinfeld · Mar 17, 2009

She's so cute, Lance, and I love her name. What a sweet portrait of her! Cindy
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Cynthia FarrWeinfeld · Mar 17, 2009

I agree about the flower--also, I would LOVE to have a pair of ducks running around our back yard--I was recently reading that they are better than chickens for keeping the slug and bad bug population down in the yard and garden and that they lay more often than chickens do and are not as loud and flighty. Cindy
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richardday · Mar 17, 2009

I was wondering about Jemima just the other day.

Seems she has grown somewhat since your first shots!

I did wonder, in a dastardly moment, whether you had eaten her! ];-)
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Don Allison · Mar 17, 2009

nice colors and details in the right places. Well done.
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ennacac · Mar 17, 2009

Nice shot Lance, are all your pets white?

Tom
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Taffy · Mar 17, 2009

it. A bl* dy nice change from all the squirrels too. Do you have squirrels down there? I hope not.
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Lance B · Mar 17, 2009

foxglove said:
The flower makes the portrait special.

Thank you, yes, that is why I took the photo as it looked nice.

foxglove said:
Two questions: Did you put the
flower there? And did she eat it?

I didn't put it there, the duck just sat down next to it. SHe nibbled at it but left it.

foxglove said:
Julie

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Lance B · Mar 17, 2009

ozdean said:
I agree somehow the flower adds interest, colour and dimension to the
composition Lance - nice shot.

Thank you Dean. I wouldn't have considered the shot without it, but when I saw her sitting next to the flower I thought it looked like a nice opportunity.

ozdean said:
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Lance B · Mar 17, 2009

Cynthia FarrWeinfeld said:
I agree about the flower--also, I would LOVE to have a pair of ducks
running around our back yard--I was recently reading that they are
better than chickens for keeping the slug and bad bug population down
in the yard and garden and that they lay more often than chickens do
and are not as loud and flighty. Cindy

Thank you, Cindy.

I can recommend having a duck or two, but I think the males can be a bit aggressive to the females and also to people, sometimes.

We have no slugs or snails anywhere! In fact, we were looking for snails to feed her as we need to give her antibiotics for a swollen toe and the only way to get the tablet into her is hide it inside a snail but we can't find any!

Our duck does not fly, but she can quack quite loudly. You need to keep them company to keep the quiet. The Muskovy ducks do not make as much noise but they are not as pretty as our duck, which is a Pekin.

You will need a pond with a filter or let them go in your pool(if you have one). We have a pool and our duck likes to swim in it, but does deficate in it. Luckily we have an automatic vacuum that takes care of most of it.
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Lance B · Mar 17, 2009

Cynthia FarrWeinfeld said:
She's so cute, Lance, and I love her name. What a sweet portrait of
her! Cindy

Thank you very much, Cindy. She is a much loved member of the household and lays an egg everyday, which we eat!

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Lance B · Mar 17, 2009

richardday said:
I was wondering about Jemima just the other day.

Seems she has grown somewhat since your first shots!

I did wonder, in a dastardly moment, whether you had eaten her! ];-)

LOL.

I doubt anyone from our family could bare the thought of eating her. She is a much loved member of the family, now.

richardday said:
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