On May 30, a couple of dozen Central Florida photographers rendezvoused at Lake Eola in downtown Orlando. Just before sunset, some of us spotted four ducklings getting cozy on a bed of pine straw near the lake, with their mother standing guard nearby.
The people in the park were snapping photos at a frenzied rate. And who could blame them? It was a perfect Kodak moment. For my part, having just purchased a camera that can also capture video, I decided to try video.
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| Ducklings near the shoreline of Lake Eola, just before sunset |
To view the HD video footage, click here.
The four ducklings made perfect actors, yet were simply being perfectly natural, snoozing as people crowded around them to capture the image. After awhile, some swans approached. The duckling’s mom, wishing to avoid a territorial dispute with the swans, quickly herded her family into the pond.
The ducklings seemed to be as happy swimming as they had been relaxing on the shoreline. They followed their mom into the sunset, occasionally poking their tiny heads beneath the surface of the pond to investigate what lay beneath.
— Jerry Blank
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