"duck"ling weed

I almost didn't do any photography afternoon because the skies became overcast and the ocean was a foggy cold mess but I was encouraged when I found a Snowy Egret at a nearby park and thought I'd try Quogue Wildlife Refuge for more sundew but once I got there I found these 8 ducklings and their mother and couldn't resist. I followed them alone a pond edge across some paths and into a small man-made pond barely big enough for the family of 9. I switched between my 300 f/4 and my 105 f/2.8 + 1.7X TC to get the highest SS possible as the skies were really overcast so f/4 had to be used to get a sharp enough SS for these little motor boat birds who were so close I could have plucked them out of the water if I'd wanted. I'm posting this in macro/closeup because it's about as close as you'll get to one.

(The title is a reference to this bird eating duck weed)

Nikon D300s 300 f4
f/4
1/640s
ISO 1250 (Didn't want to push it any further)

About 75% of full frame, a few minor cloned out OOF water droplets, minimal noise reduction on the BG, NO noise reduction on the ducklings head.