Mallard Duck (Anas platyrhynchos)
Dominick Lofino Park, Beavercreek, Ohio
"The camera is an excuse to be someplace you otherwise don't belong." - Susan Meiselas
To be fair, I didn't feel like I belonged at the community pond with dog walkers, runners, and children playing about. Here I am walking around with a five pound lens strapped to my chest; shooting birds of all things. And a perfect excuse the camera is to me. It has both gotten me out of situations and into nasty ones many times.
Isn't it nice when things line up perfectly? In a nanosecond-like moment, my telephoto lens and camera fired burst mode as these two Mallards flew away. The rainbow had already made itself known for quite some time, and I was already thinking some waterfowl could possibly fly into it. This was the result.
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