Oh Canada

Uploaded: June 05, 2007 03:25:35

Description


The Canada Goose is beautiful to see in flight and their unmistakable honking sound typically announces their arrival.

Canon 100 - 400L IS at 400mm. ISO 400, panning under an overcast afternoon sky, 1/250th @ f5.6, EC -1/3

Comments

Tamara K. Walker level-classic June 05, 2007

Very beautfiful in flight capture. #668459

Lynne Morris June 05, 2007

Wonderful capture Jeff! #4366877

Agnes Fegan level-deluxe June 05, 2007

Very nice clarity with motion in the wings ! #4366892

Gail Vitikacs level-classic June 05, 2007

Awesome capture Jeff....wow.... #4366908

Paul E. Earl June 05, 2007

Terrific image, Jeff! Well done! #4366921

Glenn E. Urquhart June 05, 2007

Brilliant camera work, Outstanding clarity, color, lighting, contrast, Well Composed, Beautiful Composition, Jeff!!! VERY Well Done! Cheers, Glenn. #4366952

Claudia Kuhn level-classic June 05, 2007

Wonderful action capture Jeff! Great timing. #4366987

Donald K. Cherry June 05, 2007

Excellent in-flight action capture, Jeff! #4366990

Carol Sawyer June 05, 2007

Beautiful in-flight capture, Jeff! #4367109

Colette M. Metcalf June 05, 2007

Beautiful capture, Jeff!!! #4367128

Kathy Reeves June 05, 2007

Fantastic inflight capture Jeff!! Excellent! #4367201

Autum Rhoades June 05, 2007

WOW! Awesome capture, Jeff! I love how we can see the motion in the wings! #4367225

Aimee S. McMaster June 05, 2007

....awesome capture Jeff....well done....Aimee #4367262

Anita Hogue June 05, 2007

Beautiful in flight shot, Jeff! #4367302

Linda D. Lester level-classic June 05, 2007

I hear these guys every morning! They are loud! Awesome capture!!! #4367334

Su Sana E. P level-classic June 05, 2007

Lovely capture with wonderful exposure and great timing, Jeff!! Very nice title too! #4367394

Ermanno Radice June 05, 2007

Another magnificient capture, great framing, Jeff!! #4367401

Darren K. Fisher June 05, 2007

My hat off to you, I can not for the life of me do this. Great detail and colors Jeff. #4367420

William C. Raco level-classic June 05, 2007

Beautiful detail, focus and background
Excellent panning work, Jeff!

Bill #4367441

Sherri Gorman June 05, 2007

AWESOME!!! Beautiful lighting, colors, dof and details!!! #4367456

Jack B. Young June 05, 2007

Great shot Jeff!! I have tried to get geese if flight before and all I ever got was the backend of a goose. #4367480

Girish Vaghela level-classic June 05, 2007

Absolutely great with wings in motion, Jeff! #4367496

Chua Wee Boo June 05, 2007

Wow! Excellent capture,Jeff! #4367592

Holly Shao June 05, 2007

This is great, Jeff! Love the motion, clarity, and hues!

Holly #4367863

Melissa G. Meiselman June 05, 2007

Jeff, from the looks of the background it looks like you panned this shot. It is simply wonderful with a great sense of motion. The placement of the bird is perfect, as well!! #4367975

Janet McNeil level-classic June 05, 2007

Beautifully done! Great capture with detail, color and clarity! Nice work, Jeff!! #4368021

Cyn Valentine June 05, 2007

Great capture Jeff..wonderful image! #4368059

Mike D. Perez level-deluxe June 05, 2007

Beautiful capture, Jeff! Great clarity, colors and panning effect. #4368081

Emily E. Bem June 05, 2007

Fabulou in flight capture! WOW! Very impressive! #4368203

Karen Slagle June 05, 2007

Super image, Jeff, with fantastic panning. I've not perfected this technique as yet. #4368224

Jean E. Hildebrant June 05, 2007

Wonderful shot! Your gallery is outstanding! Your comment on my shot means alot to me, Thank you! #4368509

Stephen Zacker June 05, 2007

What a capture. Like the feeling of motion #4368513

Ellen Hodges June 05, 2007

Beautiful image! #4368621

Karma Wilson June 05, 2007

Lovely capture of this nobel flyer!

K... #4368634

Guy D. Biechele level-classic June 05, 2007

Great capture. I love the blurred motion in the wing tips. #4368645

Leanne M.E. Boyd June 05, 2007

This is gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!!! Excellent shot Jeff! #4368674

Sam Britt June 05, 2007

Terrific in-flight capture, Jeff. We have lots of these geese in the area I live. They definitely have a distinctive honking sound. #4368698

Roxanne M. Bubar June 05, 2007

What a beautiful capture and image. Awesome clarity and I love the title. Brings back fond memories. #4368871

Steve M. Harrington June 05, 2007

Outstandingly sharp capture, Jeff.
Steve #4368875

Connie J. Bagot June 05, 2007

This is wonderful Jeff---perfect capture of the goose and I love the background. #4369031

Nancy (Peaches) Harker June 05, 2007

Awsome capture Jeff. You be on your toes. #4369076

Jenny D June 05, 2007

Awesome capture indeed! Wonderful details! #4369293

June 05, 2007

Wonderful Capture! Jeff #4369370

Jeff Robinson level-deluxe June 05, 2007

Thanks Everyone very much for all of the Great comments today! Jeff #4369390

Melissa A. Mannon June 05, 2007

great in flight image! #4369429

David Phalen June 05, 2007

Fantastic!!! Perfect timing with outstanding color and details. #4369475

Nadya Johnson June 05, 2007

Beautiful capture, Jeff! This is the VERY shot I went for just the other day... LOL! Except he was much too far away and on top of that, the light was bad. "No dice,"as the saying goes. I did get a nice crisp silhouette so maybe I can use it in another shot... This is great! #4369836

Dan Holm June 06, 2007

What a BEAUTIFUL capture of this magnificent bird, Jeff!! AWESOME shot! #4369922

Ray Thoms June 06, 2007

A wonderful shot Jeff....they are a wonderful bird to watch! #4370360

Jeff Robinson level-deluxe June 06, 2007

Thank you very much!! Jeff #4370488

Nancy L. Green level-classic June 06, 2007

This is just wonderful Jeff!! I love everything about this!! WTG!!! <>< #4371590

Emile Abbott level-deluxe June 06, 2007

Awesome capture full of detail and clarity. Well presented, Jeff #4372125

Wendy Stevenson June 06, 2007

Superb capture Jeff! Your panning technique is right on and the colours are excellent! It was so cold here last night I thought they were gonna fly down south for the rest of the summer lol #4372753

Ken Jarvis June 06, 2007

Excellant in flight capture, Jeff! #4373325

Evy Johansen level-classic June 06, 2007

Wonderful capture, Jeff! #4373571

Marijana Fajgl June 07, 2007

Fantastic image Jeff! #4374134

Jeff Robinson level-deluxe June 07, 2007

Thanks Everyone!! Jeff #4374520

Peggy J. Maguire June 07, 2007

Jeff,this is gourgeous!!!Great job.... #4374722

Bill Houghton June 07, 2007

A man after my heart. I love to shoot these great birds in flight. This ia a very good shot Jeff. Thanks for all of your comments on my work. Bill #4375174

Ronald F. Fischer June 07, 2007

Stunning capture, Jeff! #4375235

Pamela Shane June 07, 2007

Oh wow Jeff!! This is simply magnificent!! Outstanding details, &
action capture. :) #4375254

Marie Fields June 07, 2007

Awesome capture, Jeff! #4375421

Hendrik Storme June 07, 2007

Terrific capture,Jeff!!! #4375627

Raymond Pauly June 07, 2007

Great catch, Jeff! #4375796

Jeff Robinson level-deluxe June 07, 2007

Thank you; I really apprecaite all of your comments great comments very much! Jeff #4376443

Terry L. Ellis level-classic June 08, 2007

Beautifully elegant capture, Jeff! #4378380

Marilyn Flanagan June 08, 2007

What a lovely title for this photo, Jeff. I am jealous....still trying to capture birds in flight. Great job! #4378808

Susan Candelario June 08, 2007

Great capture, Jeff! Love the b/g, sharpness & detail. #4378841

Jeff Robinson level-deluxe June 08, 2007

Thank You Terry, Marilyn and Susan! Jeff #4379300

Joan P. McCool June 08, 2007

Fantastic image Jeff!! #4379689

Summer A. Kozisek June 08, 2007

Lovely image Jeff. Great stop of action, Canadian geese are one of my favorite subjects. Great capture! #4380134

Jeff Robinson level-deluxe June 10, 2007

Thank You Joan and Summer! Jeff #4384110

Graeme yew Chow June 10, 2007

Beautiful geese ! and excellent captured, Jeff. #4384963

Sue L. Cullumber June 11, 2007

Jeff - gorgeous goose! Great presentation and lighting! #4386644

William88 June 11, 2007

Beautiful wild life photo! Great motion background. #4387103

Jeff Robinson level-deluxe June 11, 2007

Thank You Graeme, Sue and William! Jeff #4387302

Dennis L. Holly level-classic June 14, 2007

Great capture and detail! #4396789

Jeff Robinson level-deluxe June 14, 2007

Thanks very much Dennis! Jeff #4397770

Jennifer L. Alder October 24, 2007

Congrats on this amazing finalist, Jeff! :) #4974450

Su Sana E. P level-classic October 24, 2007

Congratulations on this beautiful Finalist, Jeff!! #4974535

Tamera S. Phillips October 24, 2007

Congratulation on this well deserved Finalist. #4974565

Raymond Pauly October 24, 2007

Congratulations, Jeff! Wonderful finalist! #4974717

Jeana Clark October 24, 2007


BIG CONGRATULATINS JEFF!!!
AWESOME CAPTURE VERY WELL DESERVED OF IT'S RECOGNITION!!
WELL DONE!!!

~J~ #4974718

Renee Doyle October 24, 2007

Congratulations on another wonderful finalist Jeff!
#4975104

Marcel J. Fernandez October 24, 2007

A big congratulations on this one Jeff! #4975630

Christine Czernin level-classic October 25, 2007

Fantastic capture, very well earned finalist, Jeff. Congrats. #4976277

Marijana Fajgl October 25, 2007

Another fantastic finalist! Congratulations, Jeff! #4976325

C A October 25, 2007

Congrats on your finalist Jeff!! #4976439

Janet McNeil level-classic October 25, 2007

Congrats Jeff - good luck in round 2!! #4977136

Elizabeth J. Bernier October 25, 2007

Gee if I had tried panning something this fast moving in overcast light it would have been a mess lol...great image Jeff!!!Big congrats on your finalist!!! #4977328

Joan Kocak October 25, 2007

so ELEGANT! CONGRATS Jeff, very deserving!!!! #4977776

Cyn Valentine October 25, 2007

Beautiful..congratulations JEff! #4977782

Glenn E. Urquhart October 25, 2007

A Big Congratulations on your Award, Jeff!!! Well Deserved! Cheers, Glenn. #4978584

ALLEN O. HOWARD October 25, 2007

Excellent image Jeff! Congratulations! #4978594

Cheryl E. Molennor October 25, 2007

EXCELLENT Jeff! Congratulations! #4978633

Kathy L. Clark October 25, 2007

Congratulations on this wonderful finalist Jeff. Gorgeous. #4978946

Graeme yew Chow October 25, 2007

Wonderful catch ! congratulation Jeff. #4979258

Terry L. Ellis level-classic October 25, 2007

A gorgeous finalist, Jeff! Congratulations again! #4980360

Sam Britt October 25, 2007

Congratulations on this terrific finalist, Jeff! #4980415

Hendrik Storme October 25, 2007

Congratulations on your wonderful finalist,Jeff!!! #4980805

Laurie Daily level-deluxe October 25, 2007

Congratulations on this great finalist, Jeff! An incredible capture! #4981311

Stefania Barbier level-classic October 25, 2007

ANOTHER BIG CONGRATS JEFF! #4981792

Emile Abbott level-deluxe October 25, 2007

CONGRATS YET AGAIN MY LONGHORN FRIEND. #4982415

Roger D. Meador October 25, 2007

Wow. Great image. #4983232

Colleen Farrell October 25, 2007

First, thank you for writing "the Canada goose" and not "the Canadian goose." LOL A pet peeve of mine. ;) I always enjoy your photo descriptions! Here's another outstanding finalist, Jeff--how many is it this month? I've lost count, but all are most well-deserved!! WTG, and good luck in the next round! #4983489

Gail Vitikacs level-classic October 26, 2007

You had a super month Jeff! Congrats! #4986518

Jeff Robinson level-deluxe October 26, 2007

Thanks Everyone very much for commenting on my "Canada Goose"!! You are right Colleen, "Canada" is proper when talking about this goose!! Jeff #4987266

Carol Teal November 01, 2007

Excellent capture Jeff, and a beautiful goose! Congrats on your finalist! #5016986

Jeff Robinson level-deluxe February 20, 2008

Thank You Carol! Jeff #5521585

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