Gooslings and reclusve neighbor

[mereimage]

On the way home down my drive I stopped to catch some shots of our local avian residents. I had no tripod so I had to shoot hand held !00-400L- light was overcast and to my back. I was moving around a lot to keep birds in frame and they were shot at iso800. They were not as sharp as I had hoped and I was dissapointed in their contrast--I'm used to the 70-200IS. Never the less after levels - lab steepening -sat boost -cropping and noise reduction and sharpening in noise ninja I salvaged a few shots. I hope to try again with better light. Be gentle =I'm fragile:rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl////mereimage

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and my reclusive neighbor:

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yes I need bigger and better glass - Mr. recluse won't let me get any where near him\\\\have to have Pathfinder come over and get him////Mereimage

[MuskyDude]

Very nice series. I just love your parent + gossling shots, excellent!:thumb


AJ

[Harryb]

Nice series of shots. i liked the shots of the goose landing and the goosling shots are a hoot. :D

[bfjr]

:agree with Harry

May help or not but I have found that if you approach the birds like your hunting (stealth mode) they become quite skittish :huh:scratch, but if you walk up in normal human (read noisey) fashion they seem to allow a closer approach. I have also read that this approach is used by wildlife photog (getting paid so they have to get the shot) as well. :thumb

[mereimage]

:agree with Harry

May help or not but I have found that if you approach the birds like your hunting (stealth mode) they become quite skittish :huh:scratch, but if you walk up in normal human (read noisey) fashion they seem to allow a closer approach. I have also read that this approach is used by wildlife photog (getting paid so they have to get the shot) as well. :thumb
I will try that with the gooslings, but that doesn't work with Mr. recluse. He's skittish, I can rarely get out the door and he beats it. Path has a blind:clap:clap:clap:clap//// Mereimage

[Dee]

Ah, you did good! And the little babies swimming behind their parent is priceless...

We have deer that graze next to a very busy road and pedestrian path. However, the minute I stop my car and open the door and get out of the car, they're gone!

[pathfinder]

:agree with Harry

May help or not but I have found that if you approach the birds like your hunting (stealth mode) they become quite skittish :huh:scratch, but if you walk up in normal human (read noisey) fashion they seem to allow a closer approach. I have also read that this approach is used by wildlife photog (getting paid so they have to get the shot) as well. :thumb

Mereiamge is reflecting my experience trying to shoot Great Blue Heron's in Indiana. The are truly Wild Birds, and tolerate no one near them. I have not been able to get closer than 75 yards to a GBH here in Indiana - in a blind, in a car, in a drifting boat, or on foot. They spook very easy.

In New Mexico, I captured one from about 40-50 yards, but never here and I have tried several times over the last year.
Geese with goslings are nervous parents also - they like to keep their wee ones a sizeable distance from any strangers.

One nice thing that improves bird images on land and water, is to shoot them like you shoot children, from their eye level. The one bad thing about trying to shoot Canadians at eye level, is that if you are not very careful when you lay down on the ground, you will find yorself laying down in goose detritus. Yuck!!
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[MuskyDude]

The one bad thing about trying to shoot Canadians:confused :eek1 :hide

[ysr612]

I used to hate those things when I went to UW madtown. They would lay in wait and attack as you rode by on your pedal bike.