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Where did I claim "great artistry"? It is a simple, good quality encyclopedic image of the birds. It has even greater EV because the ducklings are very young, and all are still around. A few days later only 3 were left. All others were eaten by seagulls and turtles. BTW could you please remind me
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The so called current FP of the duckings has no one in the focus. It is much harder to take an image of a family with each and every bird sharp and in focus than to take an image of a single bird.--
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In the interest of full information: you did use an automatic camera mode, so claiming great artistry is perhaps a little far-fetched imo.
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Nice photo, best picture of mallard ducklings IMO --
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