After cropping, it became apparent that all of the ducks are in a row, so to speak. This hazy, overcast day produced very few good pictures. One final look through finally produced this picture. The contrast between the duck's body feathers and the water, the reflections, and the wonderful green blue head allows the ducks to pop off the page. The ducks, about fifty in all, floated lazily, not moving much and just not working the camera. Frustration, hours old, led to many waisted shots, lens changes, resetting the camera settings, etc., etc, etc., and do not forget frozen fingers and toes. But, in the end, even though the shot of the blue crane, swooping down just above the water in the river, is only in memory because of lens changing and turning around seconds to late, the day did produce this fantastic picture.
