Mallards – Into The Sun
These three Mallards were photographed just before sunset last month. I opted for B&W processing to highlight the wings a little nicer with the sun reflecting on them.
Mallards in Flight
I stayed with them for a short series; and they flew into the sun before I realized it. In my last shot of the series, I found it a bit ‘artsy’ when a color spectrum appeared in the sky behind them.
Mallards Flying into the Sun
What fun to find other interesting things in your captures at download!
Photos by Donna 
Yes, these photos are very artsy! Both photos really highlight their beautiful shape and form.
Thank you very much! 😊
The second one has come out so well, Donna!!
Thank you, Indira! It was a wonderful surprise to find the colors!!
They look lovely in flight!
Thank you, Deborah!
I love the last shot. Very unique.
Thank you, David!
A different way to process. In the first, I like how each duck is at a different stage in flight and as a group form the shape of an arrow. In the second image I like their placement and flying towards the light, with those pretty colours in the clouds from the refraction(I think that is what you call that).
Thank you, Jane, your eye was how I eyed both! The rest of the series I shot, there was no beautiful form in the three. Refraction, lol, I couldn’t think of the word!! 🙃
Wow. Those look like postcards.
Thank you, Vic!
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Interesting studies! Good shots! 🙂
Thank you, HJ! 😊
Wow beautiful
Thank you, Seraja!
Looks great, yes a bit artsy Donna, I guess all of our pics are works of art when said and done, as we capture the moment of the bird in time and space as the artist does with the brush and pallet.
Thank you, Ashley, you are quite right! Fine-tuning our skills to better our photography is a work of art. And then there’s the captures themselves that showcase our creativity!
Very nice Donna! Really like the 2nd one! Very dramatic!
Thank you, Reed!
Love the artsy feel. One of those times when blank space works perfectly. 😊
Thank you, Irene! Very true, there are times you just can’t do anything with blank space! 😉
Nice photos
Thank you, Sri!
I really love these photos, Donna. The golden image is gorgeous. 😍
Thank you, Sylvia! Our two ‘golden hours’ can really give us some gorgeous shots, including surprises like the last one did for me! 😊
I really like the ‘artsy’ shot, Donna – very compelling!
Thank you very much, Eliza!
Lovely! And I agree, I love to find surprises when I look at the photos on my computer!
Thank you, Lisa, always fun for sure!
Donna, these are spectacular images. Really wonderful!
Thank you, Isabel!
These are wonderful! It’s always nice to find the unexpected surprise. 😊
Thank you, Belinda! Yes! 😊
Oh … that second one is really beautiful Donna … dreamy! 🙂
Thank you, Denise! 😍
Donna, I enjoyed your awesome captures of the soaring Mallards. I liked the contrast between the black and white with the final photo in color.
Thank you very much!
Wonderful pictures! The second one is really beautiful 😍
Thank you, Minna! 😊
Hah! Do like I have learned to do. Just say, “I meant to do that”! Then launch into a discussion of experimenting with light, knowing your equipment, etc. If anyone is left in the room, get to know them – they are die hard birders or photographers!
Very nice images, Donna!
😃 Thank you, Wally!