Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I find the framing a bit strange (in between extreme close up and a bit more wide: I think it should have been of those two), due to the angle of the goose's head, and also due to the long grass in the background in combination with the one the goose is eating (?) Looking forward to see the other takes on it, though. Thanks for showing, Philippe Op 13-jul-06, om 05:06 heeft David Young het volgende geschreven: > > Rose's daughter came to me, about 2 1/2 hours ago, breathlessly > announcing that there were two unusual geese down at Maggs Park. > > Naturally, Telyt in hand, I had to investigate... and they turned > out to be Bar Headed Geese. > > At first I thought that meant they came from Barhead, Alberta, but > I discovered that they are native to Central Asia, flying over the > Himalayas to winter in India & Burma. How they came to be in > Logan Lake is a mystery to me! > > They're nasty fellas, though... If the normally tough Canada Geese, > with whom they're hanging out, get too close, the Bar Heads nip at > the Canuck Honkers and the Canada Geese jump right out of their way! > > My first decent shot is shown here... though the highlights are > blown in the .jpg, they are not so in the .tif and .dng files. > I'll try to do better, when I have more time, tomorrow. I may add > one or two more shots, at that time, as well. > > http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/barhead_goose.htm > > Comments, good or bad, appreciated, as always. > > Cheers! > > > > > > --- > > David Young, > Logan Lake, CANADA > > Personal Web-site at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt > Limited Edition Prints at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/prints.htm > Leica Reflex Forum web-page: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >