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So this was the first of the 5 little Canada goslings to jump off the roof of my barn yesterday. I knew this was going to be happening sometime yesterday so I had, the day before, set up a spot where I would be able to just sit and watch and wait.
I knew exactly where they would jump down from (it's only an 8 ft drop) but it was just a matter of when.
I woke up a little before 6 AM yesterday morning, grabbed my binoculars to check if the geese were still on my barn roof which they were, then I took care of all my animals, brushed my teeth, got dressed, grabbed my camera and a couple extra batteries and planted myself in the spot I had chosen to watch from.
I waited about 6 hours for the event to happen but I didn't mind the wait. And to clarify, it didn't take 6 hours for the goslings to jump. Once they got started it was a matter of seconds but It was so worth it to me to get to see this happen. I purposely am not zooming in on the gosling that's falling because the siblings watching from above on the roof are, in my opinion, an important part of the story.
They watched so intently and it was amazing to me how the goslings were very quick to get down to business and jump, one after the other until they'd all made it down to where mom and dad were waiting, then they all left and headed for one of my neighbor's ponds.
I got good shots of the 1st, 2nd and 5th goslings jumping down but for the 3rd and 4th goslings, the photos were crap. I was so mad. But at least 3 out of the 5 turned out good, I don't know what I did on those 2 that didn't turn out but it is what it is. I'm happy for what I got.
Lots of people probably don't care a bit about watching geese leave a nest but this event was for me a real highlight. Anything in nature like this is what thrills me to the bone.
So in the next few days I'll be sharing some images with you that I got yesterday. So stay tuned. Or don't. Whatever floats your boat :-)
My very first D300 upload 8)
Don´t have much time to play with my new bad boy but we are connecting..
I got some great shots earlier that got ruined by Picasa so I couldn´t show them off.. :-(
Have a great day and TGIF
Cape Spear, at 47.52431612554679, -52.61917001889249 is the most easterly point in North America. It is closer to Paris, France, and London, England, than to Vancouver or Victoria, BC. In addition to its role as a strategic defensive location during WW2’s Battle of the Atlantic, many photographers enjoy capturing sunrises here. Seek out the first rays of sunshine to reach North America at Cape Spear, you will not be disappointed. I camped in the parking lot there hoping for a clear morning and am grateful I did.
First Forget-Me-Nots growing wild in our backyard garden, taken before the winter rains we've been having lately.
EXPLORE #460, 02-18-09
First light in the Lyman greenhouses just touching the trays of tulips. This is Tulipa x 'Double Maureen,' a gorgeous, double white tulip with green accents.
First light breaking over the himalayas. Read more about it at my photoblog www.arrivalsanddepartures.com/
First time attempting to grow some of my own veggies. I'm delighted when I saw this beauty emerge. How does a tomato even grow, let alone turn from green to yellow? Seems rather miraculous to me. Can't wait to taste it with the purple basil and other herbs!
First rays of the sun hitting the half-submerged tree trunk, making it look like a zombie hand out of a horror movie, one cold and foggy December morning at the coast of Leptokarya, northern Greece.
first in the garden, Very late this year, usually fully out in late Feb, got 150 regular ones in the garden all not ready as yet
First Water Cove. Canyon Lake Arizona. The Fountain Grass growing along the shore is an invasive species of grass. It's pretty, but not exactly a good thing. Way to many invasive non native plants in Arizona.
It is a magical time when the first rays of the morning sun shine into my garden. This is one of my very favorite times of the day. Here two dayliies begin to soak up their daily ration of life-giving sunshine.
The first of the four Peregrine Falcon fledglings is taking his first, short flight. He might be the first born too, out of the nest one day before the other three.
Note that there are still many down feathers under the wings and on top of his head.
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The first foray into dandelion seed heads. They have been a little slow in coming out where I live but with last nights dog walk I picked up this clock head. I have also cleared more space in the loft room to give myself more studio space. So I'm thinking more of the same for the next few POTD's :)
A Chicago & North Western coal empty heads south out of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, on December 11, 1993. Brand new C&NW GE C44-9W No. 8603 is on its very first revenue trip, paired up with much grittier C&NW EMD GP7 No. 4323, with 107 cars.
Tecumseh, Nebraska
Another picture in my series of rural Nebraska churches photographed at night. This is the last of the buildings I took pictures of in Tecumseh. I decided that since I had made the long drive to Tecumseh in the middle of the night, I was going to make it worthwhile by visiting all of the churches in town. I liked the lit up stained glass windows at this church.
This is an HDR bracketed exposure of 4 photos of the building and the surrounding area. The HDR composite was put together in Lightroom. The sky is a composite of 8 photos taken at 20 seconds, ISO 1600, for noise reduction. The sky photos were taken on my way home about 20 miles outside of town get away from the light pollution of any nearby towns.
The sky photos were composited in Photoshop and the overall picture was composited in Photoshop.
Log 2.002.1: Turned out to be a planet, no signs of intelligent life at this point. That means no hope in fixing what was broken from the wormhole jump. There are some interesting plants and minerals here, and I'm pretty sure the ship can refine some of them into fuel. The air isn't breathable, so I've got to keep my time on the surface short and only get what I need.