White Duck


Here is a photo of a white duck. I saw it in a local pond and I’ve read that white ducks aren’t common outside. So, it is most likely a breed of domestic duck, probably escaped. The photo was shot at 1/1600 sec, which was fast enough to get the wing flap in the photo. This is a photo where I didn’t feel the need to edit, except that I increased sharpness because I shot RAW. I also cropped quite a bit to get even closer but that was all. Everything else was fine in my opinion. Continue reading White Duck

White Duck


I saw this white duck having fun in a local pond. It made me wonder, because I don’t often see white ducks in the wild. I tried to research but all what I read says the same. White ducks are not very common in the wild, at least not in Germany. Most pages I have read do speak about escaped domestic ducks, hyprid ducks or escaped white pekins. Then I spotted a German blogger on WordPress who posted an image of a white duck as well in a list of hybrid drucks, with the same assumptions. So, who knows? All … Continue reading White Duck