Little Fella

Gallery: AvianPosted June 7, 2012231 views18 comments

My dad and I went to Beauvais Lake yesterday in search of baby ducks/gosselings. We quickly spotted a TON of geese with their little gosselings. It was a pretty windy and cold day, so the babies were snuggling up to their moms. Most of them went under her wings, but when that wasn't possible they would snuggle up as close to her as they could. This little guy has 4 or 5 siblings and was the first to get warm! I quickly took the picture, and it was good that I did because the others butted in and this guy had to position himself differently.

I really like how it's just his head poking out of the feathers. I also like this adorable pose he has.

Thank you for looking!

Nikon D7000
Nikkor 200-400mm f/4 ED VR @ 400mm
ISO 400
1/400sec @ f/6.3
shot handheld laying down

Comments

18 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on June 7, 2012 at 3:13 PM

Beautiful, Jenaya. I really like the composition and the detail in the gosling is fantastic. Just a bit more dof might have been nice, but it's hard to be sure without seeing the results.

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on June 7, 2012 at 4:38 PM

Jenaya: This is very high on the cute factor scale! I really like the eye level view you got. I wish there was a crop that could eliminate the neck (at least that's what I think it is) in the ULC. Still an adorable image. Nicely done!

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Comment posted by Basri Akcasoy on June 7, 2012 at 5:32 PM

Gooseling is very cute, excellent detailed capture with nice composition. TFS.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on June 7, 2012 at 6:52 PM

10 + on the cute scale Jenaya, thanx for sharing this little fella!

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Comment posted by Carol Nichols on June 7, 2012 at 9:24 PM

What a cute photo Jenaya. I'm glad you were able to get this shot before the other chicks crowded in!

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Comment posted by Tonia Graves on June 7, 2012 at 10:30 PM

Definately high on the cute-factor scale Jenaya! Thanks for sharing this!

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Comment posted by David Williams on June 7, 2012 at 11:38 PM

Nice moment, and super detail on the little guy, Janaya.....well done.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on June 8, 2012 at 12:10 AM

Sweet little goose-let! How about trying a crop tighter around the gosling, to eliminate mom's neck and the grass?
Fine as is, but that might be even better with the closer crop, (if you have the pixels).
Sandy

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Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on June 8, 2012 at 2:44 PM

Very nice image of a cute little gosling! Nice comp and excellent detail!

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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on June 8, 2012 at 3:09 PM

Sweet shot, Jenaya!

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Comment posted by Robert Bunch on June 9, 2012 at 7:58 AM

A very cute shot. Well seen and captured.

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Comment posted by Rebecka on June 9, 2012 at 5:49 PM

Love everything about this, Jenaya. Kudos!

Very memorable image.

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Comment posted by Liz Keeler on June 10, 2012 at 11:53 AM

Nice sharp detail and a great shot.

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Comment posted by Philip Schwarz on June 11, 2012 at 8:01 AM

Nicely seen and caught.

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Comment posted by May Haga on June 12, 2012 at 1:09 PM

Neat capture Jenaya.
May

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Comment posted by John Launstein on June 14, 2012 at 8:06 PM

I'm a little late to the party in commenting on this one, Jenaya, but it deserves my time nonetheless! Wow did you capture a great moment here. Excellent decisions on comp and low angle, and I personally think the DOF is perfect here...a smaller aperture would have resulted in too many sharp feathers on the mom IMO, and a larger aperture might have made her too OOF and compromised the beak-to-top-of-head (and cheek) sharpness. Really hard to suggest possible improvements here, though the suggestions to crop even tighter are intriguing...I'm just thinking that you lose the clear understanding of the context that you have with this comp. For some reason, I even like the OOF grass in the foreground.

REALLY cute, excellent image.

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Comment posted by John Launstein on June 16, 2012 at 1:41 PM

Thanks for the comments everyone! I really appreciate your feedback!

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Comment posted by Jenaya Launstein on June 16, 2012 at 1:54 PM

The "thank you" comment is actually from me...forgot my dad was the last one logged into the computer.

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