I don’t normally train my camera on these common ducks but yesterday I couldn’t resist. The male mallard’s brilliant coloring coupled with the reflections of sky and clouds on a pond looked pretty neat.
![A Mallard Duck drake enjoys the water. (© Tony’s Takes)](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-06o278hAJDU/VHhiholqu2I/AAAAAAAAFho/5t4lAo2fLlk/s710/2014-11-27%2B08-55-13%2B-%2B0015.jpg)
I don’t normally train my camera on these common ducks but yesterday I couldn’t resist. The male mallard’s brilliant coloring coupled with the reflections of sky and clouds on a pond looked pretty neat.