Family Time at the Park

[Kyle]

Some shots of Geese and their young ones at the local park.

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This mother goose photobombed my shot of her goslings.
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c&c welcome.

[deetheturk]

Nice captures Kyle.

[Shadowman]

Nice, 2 and 4 are very nice.

[Kyle]

Thanks for the comments David and John.

[bnnrcn]

Nice shots Kyle, I especially like #4

[Brownbear]

Nice captures. The goslings are adorable!

[Rita]

I also like #4. A nice touch with mom as head in the frame.

[Manfred M]

Yes, the darn Canada Geese are back in town and seem to have taken over some of the parts of the pathways along the Ottawa River. They have coated these with their rather slippery droppings and are endlessly walking on or near the paths, so one has to cycle carefully, while being threatened by angry geese if they feel one is getting too close to their offspring.

The babies are cute and photogenic (as you have demonstrated quite nicely); the adolescents are much less so...

Nice images, Kyle.

[Geoff F]

Possibly you had no option, Kyle, but for me #1 and #3 are cropped fractionally on the close side. Focus and exposure are excellent.

[Kyle]

Thanks for the comments everyone.

Rita, yeah I really liked how that worked out. The mother wanted her 15 minutes of fame too.

Manfred, We had some try to nest in the flower boxes on both sides of our work entrance. The building owner had to get decoys to scare them off.
I don't mind the adolescents too much. I try to give them space when they're nesting or have little ones. They don't usually bother you if they're alone.

Geoff, 1 had to be cropped close because they were standing right on the curb which really looked ugly in the shot.

[Joselito]

I like all of them Kyle. Sharp focus!