A Canada Goose patters across the water’s surface during takeoff
With the local lake finally clear of ice, I decided yesterday that this morning would be my first boating foray for the year. I was greeted by a heavy frost and the thermometer standing at 30 F under overcast skies. Launching at first light it was some time before decent photographic light arrived.
There was some waterfowl present but not the numbers I was hoping for. By the time I was ready to call it quits I had observed the following; Ring-necked Ducks, Mallards, Wood Ducks, Bufflehead and Canada Geese. All of the waterfowl was quite skittish apparently with still fresh memories of the fall & winter hunting seasons.
A pair of Canada Geese did allow me to maneuver the boat to within camera range and as I slowly closed the remaining distance was rewarded with this image.
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25 comments:
Excellent Capture Salty! He looks like he's walking on water!
One of the coolest shots ever!
Craig
See, I can TOO walk on water!
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Great goose capture! They're one of my favorite subjects to photograph.
Great action shot Coy, I was wondering how you made out and thought of you when I was leaving work this morning in the cold. Looking forward to a few more from this morning.
Love the photo! Looks like the goose is running across the water to take off.
Ah, this is truly a wonderful photo and I am eagerly waiting for ice off on the lakes here so they may return to our area!
Great shot Salty!
Nicely "captured" :)
Nice action shot - can almost hear the splashes!
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I can hear the feet 'pattering' accross the water. Excellent shot Coy.
What a capture Salty!! Is that what they mean by the saying treading water..?!
Fantastic images as always Salty!
Hope you are enjoying your weekend!
Cat
Thats a great shot Coy. It seems like a good amount of species to me.
Salty: I'm jealous, the boat is out and you captured a water walking goose. That is an amazing shot, I've never seen them do that. They always seem to explode from the water.
Fishing Guy,
During a goose flush the eye only sees flying water and the goose is a blur, the camera stops the action that we can see what is really happening.
Needless to say this is excellent. At last though a bird I go can say we get here.
That's a surprisingly long wingspan. And if I remember correctly, geese take a bit of a runway to get airborne.
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I have seen the geese take off. I call it walking on water which they do. And sometimes they eat a bit too much and have a big problem getting up off the water.
looks like he's walking on water sandy
It's a keeper. I like how the water drops are following the Goose out of the water.
Brill capture Salty, really get the speed up - dont they.
you captured a perfect moment! beautiful
Like the action shot Coy. The wing extension and foot position make is special. Blue Skies.
Rewarded indeed!!
You got everything right in this image -composition, movement, focus, depth of field, colour balance...
I like your work.
Looks like a calendar shot, or as Buckwheat would say "front cover shot".
Really great and well composed shot. I like it :-)
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