Waiting for a train

Having got into position for the steam special about an hour too early, I amused myself by watching the ducks.

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(It's not dead, just washing itself off) The other one was a bit close, unfortunately there
wasn't time to move as it flips over and back quickly, then they obviously got an attack of
modesty and moved away after this.

I was amazed at the noise these things make - I heard a loud whooshing noise, when I
turned around it was two mallards (I think) flying in for a landing on the canal. It's
strange I've never noticed before. Way too quick for me to get a photo, unfortunately.

And this plane must have been taking off, perhaps from Liverpool.

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Both are with the Tamron AF70-400 Di, not a bad lens except it's a bit slow at focussing
sometimes and can get confused and focus off to infinity and back. Took a load of
dandelions that all look pretty much the same, except for this mutant one. On all
the others I took the time to move any stray grass shoots so as to get the
flower, on this one I forgot. Must have been the excitement.

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Not sure why the forum has gone wide here, sorry if it's my fault, pictures are shrunk to 1024 pixels across, someone tell me if I've posted incorrectly please.

I love the duck!

Photos should be 800 pixels wide for the forum .

OK, thanks, I think I must (should) have read that somewhere before.