Goose

Discussion

4 replies

Posted by Nick Railton on March 18, 2007 at 8:04 PM

I thought this maybe be a Grey Lag Goose but the head looks slightly different. I shot this one at Grafham Water Reservoir on Saturday, was a beautiful Sunny afternoon.

Canon 30D
Canon EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM +1.4x @200mm
not much cropping, level, contrast and smart sharpen 45% .9 in PS CS2
1/1600th
F5.6
EV +1/3
ISO 200

Posted by John Chapman on March 19, 2007 at 5:44 AM

Great capture Nick.

John
Aberdeen

Posted by Paul Marshall on March 19, 2007 at 9:36 AM

Hi Nick

Nice image - the bird is a hybrid most likely Swan Goose x Greylag Goose but can't be entirely sure it doesn't have something else mixed in!

All the best

Paul

Posted by Rob Ashton on March 19, 2007 at 12:53 PM

Could be a White-Fronted Goose? Very similar to the Greylag. The markings around the bill would indicate a White-Fronted though.

Rob

Posted by Rob Chace on March 19, 2007 at 4:30 PM

Definitley a bit of Swan/Chinese goose in there, probably as already suggested a hybrid with a Greylag. Great capture though Nick.
Regards Rob.