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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Ducks Being Ducks

 Driving the back roads of Rockbridge Country Monday afternoon after school, I spied these ducks in a beautiful privately owned pond. As always, I has hesitant to get up in the face of the ducks,  so I had to shoot with my telephoto from across the road. 
 


I have always loved pen and ink drawings, so today I tried to process my pictures using  textures and grandient maps to get a black and white which looked similar to an actual drawing. This is what I did. As you know, I am always experimenting.







“Always behave like a duck - keep calm and unruffled on the surface but paddle like the devil underneath.”
~Jacob Braude


This post is linked with Watery Wednesday and Outdoor Wednesday.



12 comments:

  1. i love the quote.:p
    and i love these monochrome photos! these remind me of a children's book i saw not long ago. wonderful processing.

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  2. Great shots...love those in B&W

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  3. Thanks for your comment in my blog. :) I like your photos. They are beautiful.I like the white one together with the others. AND I like those pics where you have experiment.

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  4. Ah yes.. typical duck behavior. I really like the pencil effect (or whatever the technical term is), it works really well on these shots.

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  5. Great little ripple trails behind the ducks. Interesting editing Genie, the photos look vintage.

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  6. I love what you did with your photo's. It is just like a pendrawing. Beautiful

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  7. I love the drawings. Especially the one with a light sepia tone. That one is gorgeous. :)

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  8. I like the way you changed your pictures...very cool!

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  9. Cool! I should try things like this with some of my shots.

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  10. What an exceptional watery post with all of nature's beauty. I love the effects you worked on too. Well done.

    Elusive Butterfly of Love is my post for today. Thanks for stopping by on Wednesday for my Hodgepodge and Watery Wednesday photo.

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  11. Very nice shots1 i really like the drawings! thank you for visiting me and my watery Wednesday:)

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