Posted on March 9, 2011 in Nature, Wildlife
What I love about this image is that every snow goose is looking to the right! It really took a lot of effort to coax them all to pose like this, but I think it was worth it, don’t you?! 🙂 Actually, I waited 3 weeks for this type of image at Middle Creek. In mid-February, the lake was still mostly frozen so all of the birds were out on what little open water there was. On my 2nd visit, more of the lake was thawed and the birds were a little closer to land. Finally this past weekend the lake was totally thawed and the birds had come ashore and were feeding in a field by the main road. I was able to climb up the hill and watch them fairly close! Next time I’ll see if I can get them all to look at the camera! 🙂
Posted on March 8, 2011 in Animals, Pet Photography
Golden Retrievers have to be one of the most happy-go-lucky breeds! They are always friendly and ready to play! I saw this Golden at the park on Sunday and he/she was full of energy and going over to every dog that came along as if to say, “Hi, do you want to play with me today?!” What a sweet temperament this breed has!
Posted on March 7, 2011 in Animals, People, Pet Photography
Well here’s something you don’t see every day….. a 3-week old baby goat that wears a pink collar with rhinestones and walks on a leash! How adorable is THAT!
Posted on March 6, 2011 in Nature, Wildlife
This is one of my favorite images from this weekend at Middle Creek. The lake is no longer frozen and so the geeze, swans, and ducks were much closer to Willow Point where we go to view the migration. There were even some snow geese on land as evidenced by yesterday’s post. Friday was a wonderful day to photograph as the geese were on the move all afternoon – flying back and forth between the water and the field behind us in large numbers. Yesterday was a totally different day. Not only were the geese less active, but there were throngs of people there as it’s the peak of migration and there was a spot about Middle Creek on the news. I wonder if the geese and swans realize just how popular they are? 🙂
Posted on March 5, 2011 in Animals, Nature, Painting Effect, People, Wildlife
….and you might not need that extra long lens!! 🙂 Most everyone visiting Middle Creek to see the geese migration either has a camera or binoculars. The whole idea is to watch nature at its best and hopefully get some nice close up images of the snow geese, tundra swans, gulls, and maybe even a bald eagle or hawk. So many photographers have fabulous long lenses to try and bring the sometimes far-away birds up close in the camera. In this image the photographer is gazing out toward the lake, waiting for an opportunity for some close-up images of the birds. Hmm…..I don’t think he needed to look very far!