Canada Eh!

Well, Canada Goose...

This is the same goose as I shared a picture of recently but on a different day. In the first shot it looks so serene gliding across the pond, barely creating a ripple and with a sharp reflection. I loved the light in this image and from the colour of the water you can see that it was a sunny day with clear blue sky.

A fem moments later it decided to preen itself and take a bath and I captured a few shots as it stretched its back and its wings. You can see how it uses its tail to balance as it rises up out of the water and it keeps its neck bent to keep its centre of gravity just right, perfectly poised.

Two Up

Two Pictures
Two Species
Two Geese

Getting good shots of birds in flight is not easy and to be honest I wasn't really set up for these as I was taking pictures of swans swimming and smaller songbirds in the trees.  On each occasion the geese flying by took me by surprise and I would have preferred to use a faster shutter speed. All the same I am fairly happy with these shots of Canada Geese in the first image and Greylag Geese in the second.