Ducks
Yesterday I shot a rubber duck race. I must admit, seeing over 14,000 rubber ducks bobbing up and down in the Cedar River was pretty adorable – and fun to shoot.
Rubber ducks are released off of the Third Avenue Bridge into the Cedar River during the Great Eastern Iowa Duck Race presented by the Cedar Rapids Daybreak Rotary and held in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, June 6, 2009. Over 14,000 ducks were sold, with the funds going to Four Oaks, Boys and Girls Club of Cedar Rapids, and Daybreak Rotary’s work with Polk Elementary School in Cedar Rapids. (Chris Mackler/The Gazette).
A sea of rubber ducks float down the Cedar River during the Great Eastern Iowa Duck Race presented by the Cedar Rapids Daybreak Rotary and held in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, June 6, 2009. (Chris Mackler/The Gazette).
A sea of rubber ducks float down the Cedar River during the Great Eastern Iowa Duck Race presented by the Cedar Rapids Daybreak Rotary and held in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, June 6, 2009. (Chris Mackler/The Gazette).
President of the Cedar Rapids Daybreak Rotary John Helbling collects rubber ducks after the Great Eastern Iowa Duck Race presented by the Cedar Rapids Daybreak Rotary and held in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, June 6, 2009. (Chris Mackler/The Gazette).
Volunteers Kyle Boesenberg (left), Keith Brooks (center) and Ainsley Hogan (right) pass up baskets of rubber ducks for collection following the Great Eastern Iowa Duck Race presented by the Cedar Rapids Daybreak Rotary and held in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, June 6, 2009. (Chris Mackler/The Gazette).
