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Copyright: corinne Cocky (coquelicot79) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 565 W: 218 N: 1915] (8126)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-02-28
Categories: Daily Life, Food, Humorous, Nature, Decisive Moment, Action, Portrait
Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ7
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/160 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-03-11 15:31
Viewed: 316
Points: 12
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [French]
The male duck mallard has a long gray body, with the chest brown-lilac. One can see an iridescent mirror bordered of white on the wings of the male and the female, and the feathers bent upwards on the short tail of the male. The head and the neck present iridescent green feathers, separated from the chest by a white collar.
The nozzle is large and yellow, and carries a black mitre at its end. The eyes are dark. The legs and the fingers are red orange. The female is brown than the male, mottled chamois, white and brown dark.
The face is brown clear with the black line across the eyes.
The duck mallard lives in n' import which kind of wetland, rivers calm, ponds, marsh salted fresh water or, lakes fresh water, estuaries and sometimes also sheltered coastal bays.
It needs floating and emergent vegetation to get its food to him, the watery invertebrates and the seeds of these plants. Some populations are resident if the resources of food and the zones sheltered are abundant.
The duck mallard is a duck wash-bottle nourishing itself on the surface of the water, and plunging the head under surface by rocking its body, the tail Duck mallard tended vertically out of the water, while swimming.
It patauge in not very deep water but will go also to graze. On the ground or glaner of seeds in the cultures in winter.
The duck mallard has a fast flight for its big size. In fact nimble birds can to fly away almost with the vertical. It flies with the ahead tended head and the neck, with not very full and fast beats. Its speed can reach 80 km/h.

Sorry for my bad translation
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  • Beger Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3287 W: 785 N: 4402] (19782)
  • [2009-03-11 16:05]

Bonjour Corinne,
J'aime l'humour de ton titre!
Et la position de ce canard !
Vibrantes couleurs!
Ta photo ferait une jolie carte pour ceux qui veulent prendre des nouvelles de leurs amis!
Le meilleur pour toi! Annie

Super details in the feathers and good timing to capture the duck in this pose - despite the unusual "pose" its apparent that it's a mallard. Nice shot
Thanks for sharing
Mark

ma coco
toujours plein d' humour,
cette photo est très bien, nettteté et couleur parfaite quand à l' originalité, on ne peux pas mieux.
bisous de maman cocotte qui pense fort a toi

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  • jazrr Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 317 W: 72 N: 82] (1883)
  • [2009-03-19 22:46]

Hi Corinne:

Beautiful shot. Nice timing.
I like the sharp details and beautiful colors.

Regards,
Jafar

Bonjour Coquelicot,

Un petit coucou, comme ce colvert qui apparemment cherche l'âme soeur!!!!
Très belle qualité de l'image richesse des détails!!! quant au couleurs elles sont très naturelles!!!
Je ne t'oublie pas
Amitiés et bisous
Odile

Me voilà la tête sous l'eau maintenant, ne m'y laisse pas trop longtemps, je ne suis pas Jacques Mayol.En tout cas je me trouve très joli comme ça
Colvert

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