Slippery landing

[IanD]

Sheldon and I had a "working lunch" today. Still trying to figure out the work part :lol:
This little guy decided he wanted to land with his buddies and no one told him that what he thought was water was really ice :lol: :lol:
http://www.pbase.com/image/27256272.jpg

This seagull was flying by and thought it was quite funny...
http://www.pbase.com/image/27256276.jpg

[Lamplight]

Haha! Great picture! :D I wonder if his little fanny got cold? :D

[Bruce Hamilton]

This seagull was flying by and thought it was quite funny...

Still shootin' from the rear, eh Ian? :lol:

[CyberDyneSystems]

Another IanD classic!

The gull is an outstanding flight shot! ... they are the best subjects for flight shots!

[ssim]

Great shot Ian. So I had to go back to work and what do you do.... Go home and play with your pictures. Jealousy abounds...

[PacAce]

Man, that's a great flight shot, Ian.

The shot of the clumsy duck is good, too. However, I do have one nagging question. What are those birds doing in Canada? Don't they know they're supposed to migrate down south during winter?

Or, does that explain why you've been getting all these "abnormal" bird pictures. The smart one DID fly south already, leaving the no-so smart ones behind for you to photograph! :mrgreen:

[IanD]

Leo,
I think you nailed it on the head. These mallards have been around all winter. I think their anti-freeze is down a couple of quarts and their brains have frozen. The funny thing with this shot is that right after he landed, he tried to walk over to the others and was sliding all over the place. Sheldon and I were laughing like fools waqtching him. Sort of looked like he was skating.

[JZaun]

IanD strikes again!!

Again another very nice shot!

JZaun

[PacAce]

I just took another look at the gull picture and I just can't get over how nicely it came out! It must be the engineer in me admiring the "aerodynamic design" of the how the bird is put together to make it float through air the way it does!

[IanD]

Thanks for the compliments folks. As long as there are ducks that are willing to do unnatural things, I'll be out there trying to capture them.
Wait untill the geese show up :!:

[IanD]

Great shot Ian. So I had to go back to work and what do you do.... Go home and play with your pictures. Jealousy abounds...
The benifit of having the office in the house :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[J.A.F. Doorhof]

I love the slippery landing, great fun shot, maybe a little motion blur on the background would give it that much extra.

Great shot.

Greetings,
Frank

[marie]

"The funny thing with this shot is that right after he landed, he tried to walk over to the others and was sliding all over the place. Sheldon and I were laughing like fools waqtching him. Sort of looked like he was skating"
unquote


love to think how that must have looked :mrgreen:
it's very hard to capture all what's going on.... in a photograph.

but they are terrific Ian

that bird in flight is beautiful :)

you are on your way to photographing ' heron's in flight ' after that :shock:
so best get a mobile tree house ready :mrgreen:

love both shots.
looks as though it is very cold there still

[J.A.F. Doorhof]

http://www.htforum.nl/fotofrank/albums/userpics/reiger%20natuurpark%20422004%203.jpg

Grey Heron in flight ?
:lol: :twisted:

Greetings,
Frank

[CyberDyneSystems]

Blue Heron,. :wink: a fantastic shot.

[IanD]

Awsome shot Frank!

[karusel]

Ian, I disagree on the seagull: it's not funny, ot's just an ordinary spectacular shot... :mrgreen: I love the curves.

J.A.F. : a wonderful shot!

[stoneylonesome]

Looks like the duck is trying to cool his butt off after the Chili he ate.. :P :oops: nice photo's one and all.