Photo Friday: Cider mill ducks at Michigan's Franklin Cider Mill

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Photo Friday: Cider mill ducks at Michigan's Franklin Cider Mill

One of our favorite little mini getaways is a trip out to nearby Franklin Cider Mill.

There's a great little creek by the mill where scores of ducks gather to see if they can score a piece of fresh-baked donut from visitors. These ducks aren't afraid of people and waddle right up to you in search of a bite to eat.

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I particularly enjoy it when we avoid the crowds by sneaking out there during a weekday, when it is much easier to score a seat on a bench or tree stump to sit by the creek for a little while to enjoy a cider slush or hot apple cider.

The ducks still gather in the creek or waddle around the grounds on quiet weekday mornings, and I've managed to get a few decent shots of them with my little Canon Powershot point-and-shoot camera.

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I've always made the argument that making sure you slip a small camera into your pocket means you'll often get usable photos for your blog or other photo collections, even as you're out doing something where you don't want to lug a larger camera with you. Even though I've visited this scenic little mill many times, and I'm usually loaded down with goodies to take home after shopping there, I still like to take my little camera with me.

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Check out my story, The town that time forgot, to learn a little more about the village of Franklin, Michigan, and this cider mill.

I wrote about making decent images with any type of camera in Shooting photographs for your blog and recommended the book, Confessions of a Compact Camera Shooter: Get Professional Quality Photos with Your Compact Camera by Rick Sammon, for readers wishing to get the best possible photos out of smaller cameras.

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Thanks to Debbie Dubrow of Delicious Baby for creating and coordinating Photo Friday to link travel photos and blog posts across the Web.

Posted at 03:00 AM in Food and Drink, Michigan, Photography, Travel | Permalink

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AHHH!!! I LOVE DUCKS!

My day job is not too far from here, and I always mean to take a detour on my commute home.

Love these photos.

Posted by: amy | October 08, 2010 at 06:41 AM

Lovely place, and I've got to understand its
purity when I read your 'The town that time forgot'.
The photos are superb, every beauty was captured.

Posted by: Estel C. | October 08, 2010 at 07:43 AM

Great shots! I took my son to feed the ducks for the first time this week. It was a very nostalgic experience because I hadn't done this since I was a wee girl.

Posted by: Anna | October 08, 2010 at 11:30 AM