Round Robin Challenge - Anything in Threes

After a long hiatus, I am back to participate in the Round Robin Photo Challenge.

This week's challenge...

"Anything in 3's, must be the same theme and presented in 3 images."


I've chosen the theme "Ducks That Winter on Long Island." Here on Long Island, each season brings a new variety of birds through the area. In winter, it's the ducks. I was never really aware that there were SO many duck species, but I made it a point this past winter to get out to find, photograph, and identify as many as I could. It's a bit of a challenge. It's COLD near the water and often they are too timid to get very close to the shore. It takes some patience and stealth to get close enough to them to get a reasonable shot. These aren't your domesticated white ducks or mallards that expect every human they see to have a spare loaf of bread.

I think they're delightful in their funny looking sort of way...

Nothern Shoveler




Red Breasted Mergansers





Oldsquaw



Here's the linking list to see the submissions by all the other Round Robin participants...

Carly - Posted!
Ellipsis

Karen - Posted!
Outpost Mâvarin

Jama - Posted!
Sweet Memories

Linda
Mommy's Treasures

Freda
Day One

Sandy - Posted!
From the Heart of Texas

Nancy
Nancy luvs Pics

Carolyn
Ford Family Photos

Monica - Posted!
Shutterly Happy

Wammy
The Ellis Family Cincinnati

Suzanne R
SuzyQ421's Photo Blog

Sherrie
Sherrie's Stuff

Ruth
Scrabblequeen

Dawn **Welcome, new member!*** - Posted!
Dawn Elliott Photography

Kat **Welcome back!**
In My Dreams I Can Fly...

Gattina - Posted!
Keyhole Pictures

Manang Kim - Posted!
My Life's Journey in Focus

Still Life

I have been in need of a major distraction from what's going on in my life. This weekend, I stumbled onto it. I was playing around with some macro shots and on a whim started experimenting with a studio setup and an off camera flash. I did a little background research online and headed to my "studio". Here are the results...