Precision flyers, the Heavy Jumbo Canadian Northern Geese
Dec 3, 2017 07:31:09 #
Lance Pearson
Loc: Viriginia
These were shot at Dutch Gap's Wetlands in the conservation area a mile from my house with only a 200mm handheld lens from about 50 or maybe even 60 yards away as the geese flew using my nikon d4 f 2.8 80-200mm great lens hand held. It is a heavy rig at 7.7 pounds to hold but an amazing camera for sports or action. What impressed me was as always how precise and symmetrical these birds gracefully fly for such large birds. We occasionally have migrating white swans come through which are larger but they don't come where I can photograph them. These images aren't the grabbed with a 600 mm lens detail but for the symmetry of them flying...quite a pair of Canadian Northern Geese amongst many others right now along with Shoveler and Mallard ducks and I swear one canvasback female for the first ever sighting of one for me....a regular drive by for me are these wetlands along with MANY other better photographers than I am. These are highly compressed as well.
Dec 3, 2017 08:27:08 #
Dec 3, 2017 08:27:40 #
Nice. They must be twins. Maybe they're rehearsing for the annual competition. : )
Dec 3, 2017 08:31:47 #
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Dec 3, 2017 08:58:12 #
Nice catches. I too like the 80-200. Great glass, built like a tank instead of all the plastic nowadays.
Dec 3, 2017 11:03:56 #
Lance Pearson
Loc: Viriginia
Thanks. I got a couple in the water practicing their water ballet the day before as well, just for fun.
Dec 3, 2017 11:05:35 #
Lance Pearson
Loc: Viriginia
this was the pair feeding in the wetlands but it looked like water ballet practice to me!
Dec 3, 2017 11:08:15 #
Lance Pearson
Loc: Viriginia
I have the equivilent short lens in the f 2.8 28-70 mm nikon pro zoom lens. Together plus a couple of fast primes at 35 and 50 mm f 1.4 form a good suite of very high quality lenses for me. I have a cropped sensor 300mm Nikon lens I can use to reach out more but I so enjoy the D4 full frame sensor and its unbelievably good iso range that I don't really try longer lenses. I had a Tamron zoom to 600mm I mastered but it was so much work to use well I actually gave it away to a much more patient nature photographer than I am who is a friend of mine.
Dec 4, 2017 08:29:54 #
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Dec 4, 2017 09:25:45 #
Good pictures, but they are not Canadian Geese, they are Canada Geese. I made this mistake for a long time until proven wrong.
Dec 4, 2017 20:29:35 #
Dec 4, 2017 20:41:24 #
bee7474 wrote:
Good pictures, but they are not Canadian Geese, they are Canada Geese. I made this mistake for a long time until proven wrong.
Yes, and these Canada Geese are probably not even
Canadian. They are most likely local breeders or even from New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania or Maryland.
Bud
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