Good morning from a warmer Hastings. Yesterday never really warmed up until overnight – weird.
This week for Michelle’s Challenge it is time again to show some ducks enjoying the water at Cornwall Park. It is a real challenge when the ducks are so active to get my photos in focus – my camera is super slow. So these are the better ones this day. What I do love is the colours in the water. The autumn tones really show through.
You can see how slow it is. If I increased the shutter speed it would be woefully underexposed but then again it shows some action – I suppose.
I have studied the ducks a bit just to get to know their habits. So when a duck starts to bob up and under the water and splashing the water over their backs before rising up out of the water to stretch their wings. I have lost count of the duds I shot out of focus.
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Great photo’s!
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Thanks. 😀
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Thank you for explaining their habit, fun to know. I love these capture, especially the splashing 🙂
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Thank you – I have spent many an hour just watching their antics. A great time waster but a lot of fun. 😀
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Love this series of ducks splashing around in the waters. Very nice.
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Thank you. 😀
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Such awesome photos, Raewyn. Thank you for your lovely entry ❤
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Thanks Michelle. 😀
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These are great! I can never seem to get good shots of wildlife.
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It is trial and error – I have a lot of duds. Thanks. 😀
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🙂 ah the joy of digital. Delete the duds rather than have to pay to have them printed in order to discover that fact. I’m heartened; I’ll persevere and try and improve my dud to acceptable ratio (and frankly one good shot would do that). How are you this week? I hope things are moving in a good direction. I have an Auckland friend going in a similar situation and am heartened when she has more good days than bad. xx
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I am doing much better. As long as he stays away. If not I will get a protection order. His first wife is now behind me as well. She knows what he is like too. Makes me feel a lot better. One day at a time.Thank you for caring. 😀
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You’re welcome. And I’m glad support is coming from others who know him. Such affirmations of your belief in the rightness of what you are doing can help – especially in the wee small, sleepless hours. 🙂
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Thanks. I am actually sleeping better – he had sleep apnoea and slept in a separate room with a heavy steel rod beside him. He would have night terrors and imagine someone was outside. I lived in fair that he would actually attack one of us. He did dislocate my shoulder one night in an attack. So yes my nights are easier. 😀
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That’s great. As a sometime insomniac visited by uncertainty demons in the night, I understand the power of restful sleep.
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😀
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love da splash 🙂
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Thanks. 😀
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