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Wear a Helmet
16 April 2025
We ran into this squadron of ducks in their helmets the same place we observed the amusing Amulets recently. Commuter parking.
Helmets Are Ducky. Nikon D200 with 18-200mm Nikkor at 200mm (300mm equivalent), f8, 1/500 second and ISO 200. Processed in Adobe Camera Raw.
Cute as they are, there's something ominous about these four. Notice the damaged (and even missing) propellers. Clearly they had not survived their own commutes unscathed. Fortunately, they were all wearing helmets.
Despite the obvious danger of their job, there they were, all lined up for another run at it.
You might think they would duck their duty but apparently it isn't in their nature. The yellow "feathers" on a couple of them have long since faded but they still stand at attention.
It might seem at last glance that they are facing the wrong way. But as dash decorations in a tradition that includes the Virgin Mary, Jesus, hula dancers, various bobble heads, all of them plastic formulated to fade in sunlight, they are facing the right way.
Toward the audience they are meant to inspire, that is.