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A TEXAS SIZE DUCK!!! But now it's extint - 03-11-2005, 11:38 PM


I was visiting my Brother in Claude and turned around just in time to get a picture of the largest duck in the world.





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03-11-2005, 11:46 PM


brilliant! is that shot originally in BW or color? if color, lets see the original too..

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Here's the original. It started to rain and had a couple spots so I cleaned it up and thought it looked better in BW.




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Excellent!! Good eye!!

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03-12-2005, 03:34 PM


Great shot. Yep, everythings bigger in Texas.

Oops. Just noticed your in NM. :oops:
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I'll always be a TEXAN. I just happen to live in New Mexico. It's better than California !!!
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Amen to that.
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03-13-2005, 08:22 AM


Are you sure that is a duck, it looks like it could be a goose.... :lol: :lol:

Neat shot, there are people that always say they see this or that in clouds, but on this one there is no question......

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03-13-2005, 12:48 PM


Very cool. You won't believe what I found in a cloud once. I'll have to look and see if I still have it.

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