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I'm not sure exactly what the attraction was for all these Mallards at the end of the jetty across the channel from where I was. At one point, something alarmed them and they make a clamor taking of wildly.
Doesn't that ice collection of ice look like the bottom of a waterfall -- photographed with a slow shutter speed!? (Don't mind me!) See better with Large.
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Irondequoit Bay at LaSalle's Landing Park - "intrepid explorer Robert Rene de LaSalle . . . In 1669, LaSalle actually made a stop near where Rochester is located today . . . LaSalle’s landing somewhere along the shore of Irondequoit Bay? (The exact location is not known, undoubtedly due to the way the geography has changed over the years.)"
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Walking along Irondequoit Bay.
With my particular setup, I get better results by scanning my black and white negative -- and positives -- as color positives, then desaturating and flipping in the Gimp. For these last two, I lost too much definition when I desaturated, so I left them as they came from the scanner, weirdness and all.
A while back, @timebombtimmy (dA) / @eighty4grain (IG) gave me some long-expired Polaroid PolaPan instant black and white slide film to shoot for a commemorative project he is working on. I shot this roll in a variety of places last summer.
Tim developed the roll and sent me back the slide. It seems the chemicals had dried out somewhat, leaving assorted interesting artifacts on the slides.
Argus C3 Brick with the 35 mm lens
Polaroid PolaPan 125 black and white slide film
Epson Perfection V500 Photo scanner
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I drove by the Irondeqouit Bay boat launch park just before sundown tonight. Some people were feeding the seagulls and the clouds were bright orange. I stopped to take some pics.
Mute swans sleep in the ice and cold water of Irondequoit Bay Inlet - Rochester, New York.
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I drove by the Irondeqouit Bay boat launch park just before sundown tonight. Some people were feeding the seagulls and the clouds were bright orange. I stopped to take some pics.
Obviously I've alerted the guard goose - they patrol and start a noisy warning - don't get to close. One of the Mute Swans checks to see what is what.
Three guard Geese on patrol as they protect a "ground" of sleeping swans.
Geese: White-fronted Goose
Latin: Anser albifrons
Average length: M 29", F 27"
Average weight: M 6.2 lbs., F 5.5 lbs.
Description: The white-fronted goose is named for the distinctive white band found at the base of bill. The sexes are similar in appearance, but males typically are larger. The head, neck and upper back of white-fronted geese are grayish-brown. The lower back and rump are dark brown, and the tail is dark brown and edged with white. The chest and breast are grayish with dark brown to black blotches and bars on the breast, giving it the nickname "specklebelly." The belly and upper and lower coverts are white. The bill is pinkish and the legs and feet are orange. www.ducks.org/hunting/waterfowl-id/white-fronted-goose#ad...
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comment: 01/06/2013
Hi George,
I learned years ago not to mess with a deputy goose when I encountered one, who had had a gaggle of babes, on the shore of a lake near LSU. She hissed at me and my girls, who were very young at the time, and stretched her neck out to nip the edge of my shorts. I'm glad you captured that attitude on film.
Miss you,
Jean
These pictures were taken on October 27, 2017 as a follow-up to my May 20,2017 pictures showing Lake Ontario at its high water mark and its effect on the shoreline from the inlet to Irondequoit Bay to Webster Park.
i am putting these pictures in my album Lake Ontario_Irondequoit Bay I will present my current pictures and then my May 20th pictures to show this shoreline as it is now and then.
This gull was cruising down the channel so I took a series of shots of him. I wasn't expecting much with a 105mm lense.
Evening along the Irondequoit Bay Outlet heading out to Lake Ontario. Stormy day as much needed rain visited the area.
Image ©2013 GCheatle - Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) in non-breeding plumage. An aquatic bird - not a duck. This is a life bird for me = the first time I've noted this bird and recorded with a digital image. As the waters of Irondequoit Bay freeze over, it pushes the water birds toward the open Inlet/Outlet of the Bay with Lake Ontario.
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The Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) is a migratory aquatic bird found in the temperate regions of the northern hemisphere. Its wintering habitat is largely restricted to calm waters just beyond the waves around ocean coasts, although some birds may winter on large lakes. Grebes prefer shallow bodies of fresh water such as lakes, marshes or fish-ponds as breeding sites.
The Red-necked Grebe is a nondescript dusky-grey bird in winter. During the breeding season, it acquires the distinctive red neck plumage, black cap and contrasting pale grey face from which its name was derived. It also has an elaborate courtship display and a variety of loud mating calls. Once paired, it builds a nest from water plants on top of floating vegetation in a shallow lake or bog.
Like all grebes, the Red-necked is a good swimmer, a particularly swift diver, and responds to danger by diving rather than flying. The feet are positioned far back on the body, near the tail, which makes the bird ungainly on land. It dives for fish or picks insects off vegetation; it also swallows its own feathers, possibly to protect the digestive system. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-necked_Grebe
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