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Saturday, 4 May 2013

farewell, Jedi Day

Posted on 13:22 by Unknown
All eleven ducklings returned to roost tonight.

10 in a flock, plus an outlier

The photo was taken at about 8:40pm BST, as it was getting dark.  So the shot has been brightened, to make it light enough to see the ducklings, which is why it is a bit grainy.

There's a slight pinkish tinge to the water.

That's because the sky above looked like this:

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This shot has not been shopped at all (apart from being cropped).  The sky really did look like that!
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