Wild Goose.....RACE?

Posted by J. Chevrier on Mon Mar 29, 2004 7:57 pm

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I photographed these Canada Geese as they came towards me and landed in the water at LaSalle Park recently. Looked to me as if they were racing to see who could spalsh down first! Both were honking loudly as they approached, as if to warn the Mallards and Mute Swans to clear a path on the runway!

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by Harvey Edelman on Mon Mar 29, 2004 9:05 pm

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You can't beat that for a goofy looking expression

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by Bill Whala on Mon Mar 29, 2004 9:22 pm

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I love how you caught them both with their bills open and tongues hanging out. This is very nice.

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by Wil Hershberger on Mon Mar 29, 2004 9:32 pm

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Great timing. Very neat shot.

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by Alan Murphy on Mon Mar 29, 2004 9:40 pm

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Come to Momma.. great shot.

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by Steve Metildi on Tue Mar 30, 2004 1:41 am

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Did they hit you? Great perspective and expression on both geese.

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by webworm on Tue Mar 30, 2004 7:15 am

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Looks funny!
Great composition you got there! And like others said you hit the shutter button just at the right moment. Both bills open. I bet the first one is warning that other one about some goofy photographer who was sitting in their landing strip.

Did you get this with AF or did you manually prefocus and hit the button at the right place?

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by dkhenke on Tue Mar 30, 2004 7:44 am

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Very nice, Jeff. Clearly, they want you to DUCK.
With the almost completely OOF background, they seem to come out of no where and looking for a place to set down. I like it.

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by J. Chevrier on Tue Mar 30, 2004 8:12 am

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Hi everyone. This was shot on AI Servo, and I tracked them in my viewfinder without shooting until they got really close, then I shot two frames. These guys made so much noise, as if to tell me to shoot their arrival! I was shooting ducks floating in the water at the time, then swung the Wimberley 'hard to the right' to get these two.

No... luckily they were still a fair way away so they didn't land on me...

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by fredcor on Tue Mar 30, 2004 1:14 pm

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Great shot, I rarely have any success with birds flying toward me.

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by AlexC on Tue Mar 30, 2004 10:14 pm

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Not only comical but a great shot as well!!, Congrats!!

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