Ducking Around

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

While shooting a bridge last night, ducks were merilly crisscrossing its reflections.

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

Very nice.

(And you set up your colored gels just right.    )

[Paulo Bizarro]

Nice set, my favourite is #3.

[David Eckels]

I like this combination of abstract and something recognizable to draw the eye.

[Dave (Isle of Skye)]

If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck...  except in this instance it isn't, because it's a Coot!

The Coot (Fulica Americana), also known as a Mud Hen or Pouldeau, is a bird of the family Rallidae. Though commonly mistaken for ducks, Coots are only distantly related to ducks and belong to a separate order.

Sorry Slobodan, but I happen to be married to one hell of a serious birdwatcher (called 'Twitchers' in the UK) and who avidly maintains a life list (a diary with every different type of bird she has ever seen around the planet and which is a very long list indeed), who saw me looking at your images over my shoulder and who said "It's not a duck it's a COOT, it's nothing like a duck.."

Nice abstract colours in the water BTW.

Dave (but assisted by Ann, a fully paid up member of the bird watching Gestapo) 

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

It looks pretty coot to me.

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

... Sorry Slobodan, but I happen to be married to one hell of a serious birdwatcher...

And she was able to detect that based on a silhouette!? Dave, my friend, never try to get anything past her, if she is so observant 

Besides, "coot" doesn't lend itself to the punny title 

P.S. Was she talking about the bird or... me?

[Rajan Parrikar]

I have this tagged as a coot. I hope it's not a duck. 😀

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

Besides, "coot" doesn't lend itself to the punny title 

You could have titled them "Some very coot ducks."

[Dave (Isle of Skye)]

And she was able to detect that based on a silhouette!?

Yes, absolutely..!!!

And she will be correct, trust me.

P.S. Was she talking about the bird or... me?

Not you Slobodan, she would never be so cruel 

Dave

[Dave (Isle of Skye)]

I have this tagged as a coot. I hope it's not a duck. 😀

Yes Rajan, that is also definitely a Coot 

Dave

[Dave (Isle of Skye)]

It looks pretty coot to me.

Ha ha ha, very good Eric.

Dave