Watering.... Photo

Photographer’s Note

An image took two days ago during a wonderufl day spent on the hill on the back of Antibes, close to Mougins, in the La Valmasque Park; dozens of ducks and birds were flying all around the Etang de Font Merle.

This mallard was landing on the swamp...

Landing a plane is “atterraggio” in Italian or “aterrisage” in French, meaning literally “going to the ground”, because “terrea & terre” mean earth or ground. So a landing on water? No problem.
Sea in Italian is “mare” and in French is “mer” so you get “ammaraggio or amerrissage”....but in English we cannot have a watering!
;)

The Etang de Font Merle sits on the edge of a larger park known as La Valmasque. This enormous park covers 561 hectares and overlaps the communes of Valbonne and Mougins.

It is divided into four sectors:

* les Clausonnes (167 hectares)
* le Fugueiret (135 hectares)
* Font Merle (154 hectares)
* le Carton (105 hectares)

The Font Merle is bordered by 12 hectares of open meadow, and edged by a kaieidoscope of trees; Aleppo, Oak and Stone Pines, Holm, Bald Cypress, Weeping Willows and Poplars.
In and around the pond (with a surface area of 5 hectares) are reeds, bulrushes, sedge and iris plants.

Model: NIKON D40
Software: Ver.1.10
Exposure Time: 10/4000 sec
F-Stop: f/5.6
ISO Speed Ratings: 800
Focal Length: 240 mm
Date Taken: 2008-03-30 17:54
Metering Mode: Pattern
File Size: 185 kb

carper, dip, besnard, papagolf21, feather, xavshot, Clementi has marked this note useful

Critiques | Translate

carper (64026) 2008-04-01 1:10

a fine capture here Paolo,
not an easy one but you made this speed shot coorrect, good photojob my friend.
gr. jaap

gildasjan (23333) 2008-04-01 1:16

Bonjour Paolo
Un bel envol de ce canard bien figé.Un cliché net et bien exposé.Bravo même si le canard est centré.
Bonne journée.
Amicalement
Gildas

dip (12408) 2008-04-01 1:41

Hi Paolo,
well captured and framed with good timing!
Thanks for sharing,
Dimitris.

besnard (30118) 2008-04-01 1:47

Bonjour Paolo
Tu as appuyé sur le "clic" au bon moment pour saisir ce colvert en plein vol.
C'est du beau travail - merci pour le partage et bonne journée.
Nicole

okahraman (4576) 2008-04-01 2:41

Hi Paolo ;

güzel yakalamışsınız renkleri bir harika elinize sağlık

Önder Kahraman

stefanocer (10333) 2008-04-01 3:21

Una bella cattura per l'atterraggio/ammaraggio di questo volatile Paolo , bella gestione della luce con i riflessi sull'acqua e colori naturali , complimenti .
Stefano.

papagolf21 (55956) 2008-04-01 4:30

Bonjour, cher Paolo,
Félicitations pour avoir su saisir en plein vol ce canard col-vert ! l'exercice est particulièrement difficile ; l'on remarque que les pattes sont en position d'atterrissage, un peu à l'instar des aérofreins des avions !
Très belle posture.
Amitiés.
Philippe

delkoo (33924) 2008-04-01 7:11

hi paolo
perfect timing to catch this beautiful and colorful duck.
well done
didier

feather (49848) 2008-04-01 8:17

Excellent timing to catch the duck as he was coming in to land. Maybe if you had framed him further to the right it would have been even better, but it is a well achieved image
Kath

lestans (15406) 2008-04-01 8:21

Ben catturata, letteralmente!!
Bei colori e perfetta nei tempi.
Una foto diversa dalle tue!

Ciao

Livia

sacavem (8058) 2008-04-01 8:39

Olá Paolo,

Watering....
I also, because it is much heat in my Lisbon city.
Very impressing instant!Excellent photographic moment. Good work to capture this image.Very good colour, contrast and definition.

Best regards,
Filipe

xavshot (61889) 2008-04-01 11:21

Bonsoir Paolo
jolie capture ! j'aime bien comment tu as réussi à figer l'oiseau en plein vol. Une belle position avant de le retrouver sur l'eau.
Beau travail.
Xavier

Clementi (42865) 2008-04-02 0:31

Ciao Paolo ,
bellissima cattura da momento decisivo ,
ottimo tempismo molto belli i colori e ottima definizione .
ben fatto
Giorgio

Silvio1953 (40771) 2008-04-02 5:40

Ciao Paolo, l'hai beccata con i flap alzati e pronta all'ammaraggio, gran cattura al volo con splendida nitidezza, non facile, bravissimo, ciao Silvio