Main Street? No, My Street!

Yes, I was actually stuck in 'traffic' as this duck waddled up Main Street. Clearly, I'm not in Chicago where this poor duck would not stand a chance. Here, she apparently owns the road.
For Street-7 challenge, ending this afternoon here in the midwest US and Technique-42 (negative space) ending tomorrow evening.

Update 7/29/16: In the top 6 finalists for Technique-42!

[Ashley]

That's funny! We get the same thing here with all our geese!

[Janet]

Very creative shot! Love it in B&W.

[ShazzyM]

Brilliant timing, great capture

[Simply Amanda]

Super high key shot and edit.

[Ann T.]

This is a wonderful shot. Love it.

[Hope D Jennings]

So awesome!It reminds me of the children's book " Make Way For Ducklings" except without the ducklings.lol.

[PhotoCrazy]

Hahaha, nicely capture and wonderful caption!

[Eve Pulsater]

Superb! I hope the duck lived to tell the tale.

[Dianne]

Love it!

[Erika]

Cool high key shot! Go little duck!

[Islandgirl]

Sweet shot Taffy, love this in b&w!

[Pea]

Ha ha, brilliant!

[Lin]

LOL - very well spotted and captured!

[Graeme Stevens]

Superb shot

[Andy]

Excellent capture and cool edit

[Christina Helliwell]

Love it. Superb fun shot.

[gloria jones]

Great capture and neat edit

[Yeshanghai]

Great find and amazing capture

[Rosie Kind]

we have to stop for the ducks and geese crossing the road along the Embankment in Bedford Nice capture

[Sally Ings]

Love your title! Could you imagine the chaos this would cause if it was in Chicago?

[Kerri]

Cool shot

[Janiskay]

Cool capture! Fun shot! Love the processing!

[eDorre]

Love this one!!!! So duck vs traffic! Fav!

[Joan Robillard]

You went all @northy or maybe a white @northy. LOL

[☠northy]

bahaaaaa! this is awesome!

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

LOL! Love it. Great use of neg. space and such fun.

[Pam Knowler]

Such a funny capture!! Love your processing - very clever and creative!! Fav!

[Richard Sayer]

Your choice of very high contrast B&W has turned out to be an inspired one as it allows us to focus on the essential elements of this story - excellent, Taffy.

[Molly]

What an extraordinary sight - and love the processing.

[Clare Gadsby]

Love the processing & composition. Very big fav

[Babs]

Super shot and love the processing. Same here with ducks they have right of way too. There is even a "ducks crossing" sign at Salamander Bay.

[Tony]

Interesting capture and creative processing.

[Elizabeth]

Ha! Great capture! Not sure a duck would stop traffic here on the So. Cal freeways.

[Rachel]

Hehe, love the way the duck owns the road. Now that is country living!

[Taffy]

@creampuff Duck lived to tell the tale of taking over the road...she really wasn't bothered in the least by the fact that she had 2 cars lined up behind her. Note that 2 on the island's main street would constitute 'traffic'...

[Taffy]

@vignouse Thanks Richard...I did try various b&w 'looks' but I knew somehow I needed the duck to pop more than the cars, texture of the road, etc. so this ended up being the 'right' choice, I hope.

[Rosie Kerr]

This duck rules! I really like the way your processing helps this powerful duck pop. I am very glad to learn that she lived to tell the tale.

[Rosan]

Wonderful charming shot and such creative processing to emphasize the duck!

[Eric di Bosco]

:)

[Ming Ryan]

Rachels latest chicken upload goes well with this. Great finish

[Richard Hickey]

Awesome picture, perspective, and processing. Congratulations on making the Trending Page. Well deserved.

[Junko Y]

Such a great contrast of cars lined up and solo duck against all that road space it's claiming.

[Nicole]

hehe fabulous to see and it looks so cool in high key!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

It's so funny how certain animals develop a sense of fearlessness! Crazy duck- great shot!