get the flock outta here!

Posted by amy (Nanaimo, BC, Canada) on 7 May 2008 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.

This one is from my day out with Roberta. This new camera of mine just keeps on impressing me. I have NEVER gotten any bird shot as clean and as sharp as this one with my D70. I'm in awe. This shot has 3 different birds in it that I can identify; there's a Greater White-Fronted Goose (the one with the really orange legs), the ubiquitous Canada Goose, and a Northern Pintail. It's really best viewed large.

Thanks so much for all the wonderful comments on my "feeling" post yesterday. It's actually a banjo that Brandi (Sidney York) is playing.

And now for my daily whine... anybody got any cheese for this?? LOL Still catching up. I've got my fingers crossed for this weekend to truly get my poop in a group. Then again "..best laid plans of mice and men".. LOL!!!

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I appreciate all visits and comments and thank you always... ;-)

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Comments (24)

MOHAMMAD from BANDAR ABBAS, Iran

nikon d300 is very good and nice this pic

7 May 2008 5:21am

e. from New York, NY, United States

Beautiful! I love the action you caught these birds in.

7 May 2008 6:01am

Ana Lúcia from Leiria, Portugal

Wow! Just superb I like it a lot.

7 May 2008 6:36am

António Pires from Lisbon, Portugal

Our eyes move from right to left and then up following the movement of the bunch.

7 May 2008 10:02am

Craig from Vacaville, California, United States

Very sharp indeed! Well done Amy!!!

7 May 2008 10:34am

eddy from tehran, Iran

wow very good

7 May 2008 10:51am

Michael Skorulski from Cigel, Hong Kong

A great nature image, Amy. I enjoyed your humorous title.

7 May 2008 11:07am

Helen from Melbourne, Australia

Ahhh... wonderful shot! Lucky you having a superb new camera! (I am not really jealous ... NOT!) No seriously, this is really a great shot. I can see why you are excited. After what you have been through lately, you deserve a little joy. C'mon Broadband!

7 May 2008 11:19am

Cheryl from Boerne, United States

this place looks familiar until you i.d. the birds! great capture!

7 May 2008 11:32am

Earnest from Oklahoma, United States

Would you take a gander at that photo! Very impressive.

7 May 2008 12:03pm

@Earnest: LMAO!!!! ;-)

Viewfinder from Bradenton, United States

This is pretty impressive amy. And I'd just think they were all Canadian geese.

7 May 2008 12:23pm

Roberta from Rocky Mtn House, Canada

Nice shot Amy! Those cranes we heard were flying, and they were huge flocks. Someone else reported seeing them east of Edmonton a little later than when we heard them. Same day someone in a small plane spotted 4 Whooping cranes flying just east of Beaverhill Lake. That would have been awesome to see!

7 May 2008 1:25pm

Peter Miller from Lichfield, United Kingdom

You have done well to capture this shot and will no doubt improve even more with your camera skills

7 May 2008 2:17pm

Marion from Nanaimo, BC, Canada

A wonderful shot Amy. I too am impressed with your new camera. This shot should be featured in one of our Canadian magazines like Westworld or Oh Canada.

7 May 2008 2:24pm

Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada

I don't recognize birds, I just recognize extraordinary photos ;) lol well done sweetie :)

7 May 2008 3:27pm

yiannis krikis from thessaloniki, Greece

I like this image a lot - great work

7 May 2008 4:56pm

Alun Lambert from Cheshire, United Kingdom

great image

7 May 2008 9:12pm

Dylan from Delhi, United States

I like how this shot breaks up...the water and grass on different planes.

7 May 2008 9:35pm

Anne from White Rock, Canada

This is a P E R F E C T capture Amy! I am so jealous of that camera that I could Spit too! I tried out a D200 that they had dropped in price when the D300 came in. But I still didn't have enough funds to get it - and so much just keeps cropping up that costs money! I didn't even ask how much the D300 was! !!!!???!!! I think it is way beyond a pensioner like me. By the time I have saved up enough they will have brought out two newer models. I think my daughter would kill me if I spent that much - you know!! The daughter becomes the parent eventually!! Hope you are catching up on your rest - because it all sounds so hectic!

7 May 2008 10:02pm

@Anne: I sold one of the cats to buy it... LMAO!!! It was on sale, though. And my husband realizes that this is my passion as are his cars. But in getting ready for the move we sold some stuff that allowed me this extravagance. My rest will come after my last day at the office which is May 30th... I've been marking big X's on my calendar at work.. hee hee hee. Thank you Anne!

Sandrine from Cincinnati, United States

Beautiful picture... Has action , lovely colors and i like the lines created by the water and grass...

7 May 2008 11:50pm

Jen from Alpharetta, United States

GREAT action shot Dahling!!! Love it Love it!!!

8 May 2008 1:01am

@Jen: Thanks isn't enough... ;-)

Betsy Barron from Glenmoore, United States

This IS sharp and delicious.

"Poop in a group" is the funniest expression I've heard in a long time. You are a pip, Amy!

8 May 2008 2:26am

@Betsy Barron: Thanks Betsy!

LOL!! I've got more but they're a little more potty mouth types so don't share them here... which is too bad as they're hilarious!

MaryB from Staffordshire, United Kingdom

Wow! infact it's a BIG wow! this is fantastic Amy, I'm having soooooo much trouble catching birds in filght with my cam atm that I've enrolled in a Digi photography class lol, it looks great fun, it teaches PS too and it's all free which is a double bonus, :)
Bravo hun, this is a fine shot.

8 May 2008 2:34am

Michael Rawluk from Prince George, Canada

They are on their way.
I like the movement in the shot. Very nice.

8 May 2008 4:23am

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Nikon D300
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ISO 200
450 mm (35mm equiv.)