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Khaki Campbell & The Guardians of the Poop -- (21)
Hi PhotoFriends,
I hope you enjoy this cute fun quacky story
(Note: All picture were taken with a 1DX, 800mm +1.4X, Partial metering, in a WIDE variety of lighting conditions ranging from warm, low horizon light to windy, bright sun to overcast and shading casting from trees, so every one might be different)
Pix 1 (ISO 2000, F8, 1/1000, +0EV)
“Hello, my name is Khaki, Khaki Campbell, and I want you to meet some of my friends. Some people might think I’m a floozy, but I’m not.”
http://beebalm.smugmug.com/Waterfowl-Story-January-2015/i-wR3fzq7/0/X2/_78V6053-X2.jpg
Pix 2 (ISO 4000, F9, 1/1000, +.33 EV)
Khaki: “Am I cute or what? Some ducks think I am “beautiful”. This is my “good side””
http://beebalm.smugmug.com/Waterfowl-Story-January-2015/i-TP2nX8X/0/X2/_78V6031-X2.jpg
Pix 3 (ISO 2500, F9, 1/1000, +.33 EV)
Khaki: “This is my boyfriend. I just love it when he itches the back of my neck”
http://beebalm.smugmug.com/Waterfowl-Story-January-2015/i-Fc89Pnp/0/X2/_78V6083-X2.jpg
Pix 4 (ISO 2500, F9, 1/1000, +.33 EV)
Khaki: “This is NOT my boyfriend. He just follows my around. I’m getting sick of him.”
http://beebalm.smugmug.com/Waterfowl-Story-January-2015/i-9Jhtdm3/0/X2/_78V6041-X2.jpg
Pix 5 (ISO 1600, F16, 1/1600, +.33 EV)
Khaki “Now it’s time for you to meet some of my friends. First up, meet Larry, the Ring Necked Duck, and his brother Darryl. They have never met Bob Newhart but they have a very difficult job. I’ll let them explain.”
Larry: “Hello, I’m Larry, and that guy to my right is my brother Darryl. No relationship to the humans.
Our job? We guard the Goose poop.
It’s a dirty job but somebody has to do it. So – stay away from the goose poop cause we can be mean looking when we want to!”
http://beebalm.smugmug.com/Waterfowl-Story-January-2015/i-Sx3qggT/0/X2/_78V7219-X2.jpg
Pix 6 (ISO 1600, F18, 1/1600, +0 EV)
Larry: “And this is our friend, the local Diva, Lady Canvasback”
Lady Canvasback: “I just love to quack early in the morning!”
http://beebalm.smugmug.com/Waterfowl-Story-January-2015/i-PqRcvNq/0/X2/_78V7676-X2.jpg
Pix 7 (ISO 1600, F14, 1/1600, +0 EV)
Lady Canvasback: “And this rogue is my hubby. He doesn’t like to sing in the morning. He just cruises around with his diving buddies”
http://beebalm.smugmug.com/Waterfowl-Story-January-2015/i-tn5RkXg/0/X2/_78V7108-X2.jpg
Pix 8 (ISO 1600, F14, 1/1600, +0 EV)
Lady Canvasback: “Hey Larry, I see you found your other brother Darryl. Follow me. There is a HUGE pile of Goose poop to guard over here!”
http://beebalm.smugmug.com/Waterfowl-Story-January-2015/i-jkJdKqz/0/X2/_78V7543-X2.jpg
Pix 9 (ISO 1600, F11, 1/1600, -.33 EV)
Mr. Canvasback’s buddy: “Yo Joe, your wife is going to kill you. How many times you got to be told to stay OUT of the poop?
Swim ONLY in the blue. Stay OUT of the brown”
http://beebalm.smugmug.com/Waterfowl-Story-January-2015/i-m7XrqNV/0/X2/_78V7643-X2.jpg
Pix 10 (ISO 1600, F14, 1/1600, +0 EV)
Mr. Canvasback: “Hey, Little Miss Buffy is in trouble. She’s totally in the brown. We gotta tell Larry, Darryl, or Darryl!”
http://beebalm.smugmug.com/Waterfowl-Story-January-2015/i-BmLdmQF/0/X2/_78V7625-X2.jpg
Pix 11 (ISO 1600, F13, 1/1600, +0 EV)
Darryl: “Stay with me little buddy. Follow me. Swim ONLY in the blue lane. Stay OUT of the brown and you will be fine. Whatever you do, do NOT look to your right.”
http://beebalm.smugmug.com/Waterfowl-Story-January-2015/i-xXkQ44v/0/X2/_78V7919-X2.jpg
Pix 12 (ISO 1600, F14, 1/1600, +0 EV)
Little Missy Buffy: “Eww, that itches. I knew I should have listened and stayed far away from the brown water”
http://beebalm.smugmug.com/Waterfowl-Story-January-2015/i-g29x72G/0/X2/_78V7920-X2.jpg
Pix 13 (ISO 2500, F9, 1/1600, +1 EV)
Male Buffy: “Hey Little Miss Buffy! You know the way, lead your sisters out of the brown poooo”
http://beebalm.smugmug.com/Waterfowl-Story-January-2015/i-XCSQsv8/0/X2/_78V8315-X2.jpg
Pix 14 (ISO 2000, F8, 1/1600, +1 EV)
Little Miss Buffy: “C’mon ladies. Stay with me and don’t get ahead. I know which way to go. The Guardian showed me.”
http://beebalm.smugmug.com/Waterfowl-Story-January-2015/i-Nj578TW/0/X2/_78V8885-X2.jpg
Pix 15 (ISO 2500, F9, 1/1600, +1.67 EV)
Mr. Hooded Merganser: “Whoopee, we got out of the Poo lake. I feel like DANCING!!!!”
http://beebalm.smugmug.com/Waterfowl-Story-January-2015/i-8CVCt5H/0/X2/_78V8499-X2.jpg
Pix 16 (ISO 2000, F8, 1/1600, +.67 EV)
Miss Hooded Merganser: “Oh no, one lousy and there those guys going dancing again JUST because they found their way from the Goose Poo.”
http://beebalm.smugmug.com/Waterfowl-Story-January-2015/i-zqmkpvv/0/X2/_78V8477-X2.jpg
Pix 17 (ISO 1600, F11, 1/1600, -.33 EV)
Larry: That’s it Darryl. Let’s just stay in the blue and head out. Tomorrow will be another day for Guarding the poo.”
http://beebalm.smugmug.com/Waterfowl-Story-January-2015/i-zfNqmCQ/0/X2/_78V7539-X2.jpg
Pix 18 (ISO 2000, F14, 1/1600, -.33 EV)
Larry: Hey Darryl. And WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE? Do these guys EVER listen?
Mr. Canvasback: “I’m sorry Larry. I’m just so addicted. It’s kind of like those humans with their smart phones. I can’t keep my nose out of it”
http://beebalm.smugmug.com/Waterfowl-Story-January-2015/i-52WrsGC/0/X2/_78V8062-X2.jpg
Pix 19 (ISO 1600, F16, 1/1600 +0 EV)
Larry: “That’s it Daryll, I’m out of here. You know very well that tomorrow morning there is going to be another HUGE pile of Goose poop on the ice so we should turn in for the day.”
http://beebalm.smugmug.com/Waterfowl-Story-January-2015/i-Q4Ldmpx/0/X2/_78V7709-X2.jpg
Pix 20 (ISO 1600, F11, 1/1600, +0 EV)
Darryl: “Before we turn in, you think we should rescue the Coot? He is in one huge lake of brown. Nah, on the other hand, who gives a hoot about coots?”
http://beebalm.smugmug.com/Waterfowl-Story-January-2015/i-GNp7vqN/0/X2/_78V7438-X2.jpg
Pix 21 (ISO 1000, F9, 1/1000, EV +.33)
Male Mallard: “Don’t worry my darling. I have eyes only for you and not Miss Khaki”
http://beebalm.smugmug.com/Waterfowl-Story-January-2015/i-3DrWQ2H/0/X2/_78V5903-X2.jpg
If you are wondering what a Khaki Campbell is doing out in the wild in a local lake, the story I heard was that several were dumped in the lake by someone. This is the sole survivor. That’s all I know and I do not know if it is true or not.
Stay tuned because I still have many more quackers to share with you all
I hope my new captures and my new story put a huge smile on your faces
Thanks a million for reading and viewing my quacky story!
BeeBalm
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