Duckling time
It’s duckling time and a splishy and splashy grand parade of cuteness is heading my way. I think there are seven or eight chicks with this female but I’m not bothering to count them. I want to get some decent photographs of them.
![Mallard Ducklings - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Mallard-Ducklings-The-Hall-of-Einar-2-725x483.jpg)
Firstly, I have to lie in the dirt. An eye-level-to-a-duck position is needed to really give the shot some drama.
![Mallard Ducklings - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Mallard-Ducklings-The-Hall-of-Einar-3-725x483.jpg)
I love the way the bow-wave looks enormous on this tiny duckling.
I open up the camera’s aperture so all the out-of-focus light makes beautifully smooth circles of confusion, giving the ideal milky background, which allows you to concentrate your gaze on one detail of the scene.
![Mallard Ducklings - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Mallard-Ducklings-The-Hall-of-Einar-7-725x483.jpg)
I love them. Do you?