What the duck?
Is it a bird or a cow...?
Is it a bird or a cow...?
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People's Choice in PARADOLIA : do you see what I see? Photo Challenge
People's Choice in a little off reality Photo Challenge
Winner in Magical Mirrors Photo Challenge
Winner in Creatively Taking Photos Using Reflective Surfaces Photo Challenge
People's Choice in Creative Minds Photo Challenge
Winner in Weird, Crazy, Bizarre Photo Challenge
Winner in Wait What? Photo Challenge
People's Choice in Messing with your head Photo Challenge
Winner in Faces in Strange Places Photo Challenge
Winner in Reflecta Trifecta Photo Challenge
Winner in What can you see? Photo Challenge
Winner in Do you see what I see? Photo Challenge
Winner in Do you see what I see? Photo Challenge
Winner in Whimsical Photo Challenge
Outstanding Creativity
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Superb Composition
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Magnificent Capture
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KathyHolliker
August 21, 2015
Super Creative! At first I thought I was looking at the face of a mad cow! AWESOME!
THOMMAS
September 05, 2015
very nice use of imagenation,colors,reflections,detail, keeps eye in middle,an the angle ,shows your artisticl side,an a lot to see in this collection,good luck
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FreddyDavis
January 28, 2016
Join the conversation. Add a comment or even better, a critique. Let's get better together!
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FreddyDavis
January 28, 2016
Great idea ellco! It took me a while to figure this one out! Sorry about the previous post! For some reason when I went to type a comment, it wouldn't let me type!
gertvanniekerk
February 18, 2016
Join the conversation. Add a comment or even better, a critique. Let's get better together!
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AngelLappmarkSe
October 14, 2017
Very surprising angle! A duck in the water or a cow may be. It is a really surprise. It is fine art. Love the colors. Thank you for sharing and participating in my challenge Surprise me. Greetz Angel from the Lappmark
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chrismercerimages
February 28, 2018
What an all around great Image. I never thought that a portrait image would do this to a landscape image. It took me quite a while to realize it was a duck and it's reflection.
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DocTom
March 19, 2018
Congrats on the Challenge win. I've enjoyed this image since the first time I viewed it!
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onlythepony
November 17, 2018
So cute and clever ! Will have to have a proper browse of your galleries when I find some time :) Great image
onlythepony
November 17, 2018
Oh... and ... I thought it was Ringo Starr ( The Beatles ) ...apart from the hair was a bit straight !
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Location
This photo was taken in a small park near Enkhuizen, Holland.Time
It was about 4 PM on a nice summers day, the sky was blue and there was little wind.Lighting
I had the sun at my back, showing nice details of the duck.Equipment
I didn't use any extra equipment, just my little Lumix DMC TZ-60, a wonderful pocket camera with a nice Leica lens.Inspiration
Ducks are not my favourite subject to photograph but I wanted to give it a try and went to a park close to my hometown where I knew many ducks would be at this time of year. To my dissapointment I didn't see any action, just sleepy ducks floating calmly. After some shots I decided to take some more photos in the forest and forgot all about the sleepy ducks... Once I got home and looked at my photos on my laptop, I saw the reflection of the duck, creating a cow head! I rotated the photo and thought this was quite funny!Editing
Apart from rotating the photo 90 degrees and some cropping I didn't edit anything.In my camera bag
I don't have any equipment in my bag (yet) I am a beginning photographer and I am learning to use a camera, to look for the good light, composition and point of view. One day when I know how to use and set the camera well enough, I will start to think about a bag filled with technical things instead of the need to understand how it works first...Feedback
If you look at your photos, try to see the possibilities to create the unexpected. Be creative and resourceful. By cropping and rotating a photo a new reality can be seen. Reflections on water like in this case for exemple are very useful and can turn out to be very surprising! If you take a wider shot, you can crop it later into the fine composition you want once you get home. Make several compositions and choose the best one the following day when you can have a fresh look at them!
