Flap, skip and jump by dulciknit

Flap, skip and jump

Many thanks for all the encouraging comments on yesterday's shot, I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Dilly had spent some sitting on a submerged branch in order to apply her top-of-the-range Creme de Canal mallard moisturising oil before taking enthusiastically to the water for her morning swim.

Taken this morning on a visit to the Wendover Arm of the Grand Union Canal, about 10 minutes' walk away from our house and the frequent subject of my project. As you can see from the reflections, we enjoyed a blue sky today but a return to the usual UK winter grey is forecast for tomorrow. Hope they've got it wrong.
Wonderful capture Alison!
January 2nd, 2012  
The things a girl will do to get her guy's attention! ;-)
January 2nd, 2012  
Great capture! Wonderful colour in the water.
January 2nd, 2012  
A brilliant capture. Great colours. I bet her friend got splashed.
January 2nd, 2012  
What a great capture! Duck are great :o)
January 2nd, 2012  
Great capture! This is so cute.
January 2nd, 2012  
lovely story, I'd love some of Dilly's lotion thanks xxx
January 2nd, 2012  
Great action shot. And I like the idea that the floating oil on the canal is good for something!
January 2nd, 2012  
Thank you :-)
@bigsusan55 Oooh, I hadn't thought of that interpretation! Our part of theWendover Arm is unpolluted by boat oil because it's not navigable. I was thinking of the duck version of Creme de Mer . The ducks up at Chesham use Creme de Pond (Or Pond's Cold Cream) :-D
January 3rd, 2012  
Wonderful capture, Alison! Thanks for you help with my point-and-shoot question. I've passed your thoughts along to my friend. There are so many choices these days, it's not an easy task to pick one!
January 3rd, 2012  
Lovely shot. Great movement and detail.
January 3rd, 2012  
Brilliant! You're certainly getting to grips with that new camera!
January 3rd, 2012  
@debsphotos Thank you, Debbie - and for the follow, too. Please keep me posted about your friend's camera. It *is* very difficult because of all the choices available. Hope she finds something that fulfils her requirements.
January 3rd, 2012  
@clairefisher Thank you, Claire - I'm still very much in auto mode at the moment, though. there's enough to do at the mo. trying to figure out what it will do on auto settings.
January 3rd, 2012  
Excellent timing. You seem to have been getting to grips with this camera. Nice one.
January 14th, 2012  
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