Cooling down

in the pond at Spier in the hot weather we have atm.

As we have not seen a few friends since Katja arrived, we are quite busy and I do not have enough time right now. Many of our friends are "swallows" from Germany and they all seem to come at the same time.

I can't wait for winter ;-)

[Christine Sztukowski]

Outstanding photograph

[Corinne C]

Beautifully captured

[Susan Wakely]

So lovely.

[Linda Godwin]

Wonderful light on this lovely duck

[Beryl Lloyd]

Such a sweet duck - great focus on this beauty !

[katy]

He looks gorgeous, and the clarity of your photo is terrific

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Lovely

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Very cute capture.

[KV]

Super sharp… love the eye.

[Paula Fontanini]

Excellent capture, gorgeous color and clarity!

[Joan Robillard]

Great capture

[LManning (Laura)]

Beautiful colours and clarity. Here we talk about snowbirds, who head south to avoid the winter. I love "swallows"!

[KoalaGardens🐨]

good spot to be

[Lou Ann]

So nice to have friends. Nice to be busy, just sorry your weather is so hot! I like your pretty mallard image.

[Carole Sandford]

Beautiful capture!

[Olwynne]

Beautiful shot

[Helge E. Storheim]

Nice shot of the pretty duck. It has been snowing heavily here today. I can't wait for spring :-)

[Rob Z]

Lovely shot - I love his yellow beak.

[haskar]

Lovely

[Bucktree]

Beautiful capture and the light is lovely. Never heard of the term swallows used that way, but I like it. We call them snowbirds here.

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Lovely

[Mags]

What a lovely duck and capture.

[Allison Maltese]

...and we can't wait for summer! Nice shot of this mallard cooling off.

[Heather]

So beautiful with the light, the colours, your focus and your dof! You have made a simple capture a work of art, Diana! I love this! Fav

[gloria jones]

Such a clear capture

[Steve Chappell]

Nice capture

[Rick]

Great capture.

[Diana]

@365projectorgchristine @corinnec @wakelys @rontu @beryl @grammyn @ziggy77 @mittens @kvphoto @bluemoon @joansmor @ljmanning @koalagardens @louannwarren @carole_sandford @ollyfran @helstor365 @robz @haskar @dkellogg @elisasaeter @marlboromaam @falcon11 @365projectorgheatherb @seattlite @swchappell @rickster549 Thanks for the great comments and favs, they are very much appreciated :-)

[Kathy A]

Such a lovely photo, very nice composition

[amyK]

Beautiful clarity

[Bill]

What a beautiful duck.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

In the US it's "snowbirds" who are folks that go south for the winter- usually to Florida- or west to warmer states like California and Arizona. Nicely captured!