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Nice shots everyone:)


The Geese in popo`s pics and in Wolfsong`s are they the same breed?

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Canada geese - those are the most common ones, followed by Egyptian geese.



Canada goose

Canon EOS 500D
Canon EF 100mm 2.8L Macro IS USM
F2.8
ISO 100
1/1250 sec

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more goosage...

early morning departure



gliding in



going solo



what ever happened to air traffic control

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Ducking (goosing?) with 5D2+135/2. Not cropped.

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Tinies: Sony HX9V.

From a field trip out by the Missouri River in South Dakota.

Mallards by Photos by Dete, on Flickr

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landing zone....

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Some more of my Florida ducks:

Female blue-winged teal:


Male blue-winged teal:


Juvenile black-bellied whistling duck:


Bunch of juvie whistlers:




Adult black-bellied whistlers:




Blue-winged teal looks at its reflection:


Blue winged teal showing some wing color:


Female blue winged teal:

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More geese from the fall...

I spent a lot of time this fall going after landing shots. Everyone knows we always talk about the perfect light and the right angle to achieve that. Something just as important when trying to capture geese or ducks landing is wind direction. When given the chance most bird species, especially larger ones, will land into the wind. This is even the case in the slightest of breezes so always keep this in mind when positioning yourself for these pics. For me to capture these landings from the right angle for both light and landing direction on any given day I only had about a 2 hour window and the wind needed to be blowing anywhere between the SE to the SW otherwise I would have been shooting a lot of bird butts.

So next time you check out the weather forecast for your area before heading out on a photography outing take into account the wind direction as well as the wind speed. Not only for birds but all wildlife as well. A strong wind may keep some birds grounded but it will allow you to approach other animals, from a downwind direction, and get much closer than on a day with no wind at all. Strong winds that russle leaves makes the sound of your footsteps a bit more muffled to hear thus allowing, at times, a slightly closer approach.

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you guessed it.. a few more geese... good news is Im just about caught up on my pic processing... bad news.. took a drive into town today and although we have a bit of snow in the yard but still lots of areas without snow town has no snow at all. Looks like it will be a brown holiday. Never seen that up here before.



definately one of my better goose pics to date...

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these were the last geese and duck of the fall for me...



for years I have been trying to capture a goose landing on ice, loosing its balance and wiping out... this is the closest I've gotten to date but still not as extreme a crash as I would like to capture...







Last duck of the year...









And now its the wait til spring for the waterfowl to return.... Zack... send em north when your are done with em eh

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I've been shooting a lot of other birds, but neglecting the ducks a bit - a reminder I need to start photographing them more since some of you northerners don't have many!

Blue winged teal:

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Sony NEX5N / 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 / 55-210mm F4-6.3 / Pentax K adapter / Konica K/AR adapter / bunches o' Konica & Pentax lenses!

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I don`t usually bother with shooting ducks, they are pretty common here, but went for a walk with the 4 year old in a nearby nature reserve earlier and came across a few.

bit annoyed that I missed the feet in the first one, was to busy trying to get the pair in, I didn`t even notice that I missed the feet.
They must be some escaped domestic geese that have settled into the local water hole. Certainly not native.


Geese by maxjj, on Flickr


Goose by maxjj, on Flickr

then a couple of shots of Pacific Black Ducks, a better angle would have been nice


PBDuckflight by maxjj, on Flickr


PBDuck by maxjj, on Flickr

then came across a Little Pied Cormorant, its got webbed feet, so a bit duckish.


LittlePiedC by maxjj, on Flickr


LPC by maxjj, on Flickr


LittlePC by maxjj, on Flickr

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Blue winged teal:


OK - not ducks, but they cruise around in the water like ducks - and I thought this little 'Fight Club' sequence between these two American coots was interesting:




Mottled ducks:


A bunch of black-bellied whistling ducks flying in:


Black-bellied whistling ducks bathing:


Blue-winged teal with a mouthful of algae:


One more blue-winged teal, after a bath and still dripping with beads of water:

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Sony DSLR-A580 / Sony 18-250mm / Minolta 50mm F1.7 / Sigma 30mm F1.4 / Tamron 10-24mm / Tamron 200-500mm / Tamron 90mm F2.8 macro / Minolta 300mm F4 APO
Sony NEX5N / 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 / 55-210mm F4-6.3 / Pentax K adapter / Konica K/AR adapter / bunches o' Konica & Pentax lenses!

Galleries:
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Those coots get pretty vicious with each other, I saw them fighting in my local pond last year and those long claws can cause lots of damage.

Here's a Bufflehead.

Here’s a couple from today’s walk around the lake.