Nap Time!

Gallery: AvianPosted May 10, 20141,588 views4 comments

First morning in the outside world for these goslings was exhausting so numerous naps were in order. These little ones hatched Wednesday morning (5/7/14) sometime between 6:30 and 8:30am and I took this photograph shortly after lunch. Their nest was near a small pond at my work and we believe that this is the third year in a row that this pair has raised their goslings there. I'd been watching her sit on the eggs for a month and was starting to become concerned that they we're going to hatch but low and behold Wednesday was the big day. Another nesting pair had shown up the prior week with their four goslings also. Amazing how fast they grow. Thanks for looking!

D300s
Nikkor 300mm f4, 1.4 TC (420mm)
ISO 400
1/200 @ f/8
Tripod
PP in LR 5 & NIK

Comments appreciated.

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on May 10, 2014 at 6:55 PM

Very cute image John, the pose on the left chick is terrific. Some of the grass in the fg is a bit distracting, I would crop out about half of it.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on May 10, 2014 at 10:11 PM

So cute! Well managed exposure and great detail.
The chick left stands out well, and the fact that one can still see the other chicks heads/eye lids as they slumber is a plus.
Well done

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Comment posted by Kathy Barnhart on May 13, 2014 at 12:31 AM

This is off the cute scale! Very nice story to go with it. Wonderful napping goslings!

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Comment posted by Lucy Aron on May 15, 2014 at 3:00 PM

Very sweet. Perhaps a higher angle so the foliage wouldn't compete as much with the babies.

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