The male Mallards are really brightly colored but this female is none the less beautiful with her nice patterns and coloring. They were just fueling up on there trip farther south I suppose. This was taken a few months ago.
The lighting and the colors are perfect in this one Frank. Thought at first sight that you had used a, so called, 'Fill-in flash' but when viewing it at full screen size I had my doubts because the surrounding water has its normal color. Anyhow a very good image. Well done.
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