Up Close and Personal

Gallery: AvianPosted December 15, 201093 views9 comments

Several Canada Geese pairs and their goslings were near a lake in a large park in Kansas City, KS last spring. Some of the geese let me get fairly close to them. I got as low as I could in the grass to take some photos. I will be interested to here what others think of this image.

Canon 30D
Sigma 70-300
Aperture Priority
Shutter 1/1500
Aperture f8
ISO 800
300mm
Full Frame
Curves
Levels

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Harry Harris on December 15, 2010 at 3:18 PM

Wow, I really like to focus on the goslings. Did you focus manualy? This shot sure shows the context of the shot.

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on December 15, 2010 at 3:39 PM

Richard,
they are so cute!! Well done.

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on December 15, 2010 at 9:11 PM

Great POV and great eye contact. I really like the intimate view of the environment.

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Comment posted by Dottie Short on December 15, 2010 at 10:08 PM

I like this image! Even with the baby geese buried in the grass, it's obvious what the subject is. I love the low angle. Nice job

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on December 15, 2010 at 11:24 PM

Neat image, Richard. I do like the effect of the low angle. The noise shows up quite a bit in the bg, giving it a crinkly look that I don't really care for. It's a tough image to separate, but some noise reduction might be helpful.

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Comment posted by Terry Sohl on December 16, 2010 at 12:04 AM

Cute little guys! I would like a tad more room up on the top.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on December 16, 2010 at 8:58 AM

Cute shot Richard. I like the environment, low POV, and pano comp here..
Well done

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on December 16, 2010 at 12:55 PM

Excellent use of the a low shooting angle. I'm a bit puzzled by the noise in the BG. I'd think the Canon 30D wouldn't show much noise at ISO800. I'm curious why you chose such a high shutter speed and high ISO?

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on December 17, 2010 at 7:48 PM

Richard,

I like the intimacy of this image and how the gooslings are nestled into the grass. The issue that stands out the most for me though is the noise in the image, I'm wondering if you sharpened the image globally which does increase any noise present. I recommend only sharpening the birds in the image, not the rest.

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