Portrait

[HWP]

Pretty common bird and easy to get but I like the result.

As alway's C&C welcome.

http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa182/hbpatter83/Portrait2b.jpg

[hTr]

Pretty close Henry, You know those geese bite!!!:lol::lol:

[HWP]

I know Gary.. I was living life on the edge that day!

[PhotoFranz]

Nice sharp shot, but it makes me want to sneeze.

[Riverlander]

Good pic. Might be easy to get, but you still have to get the focus, compo, background etc etc right -- and you did!!

[Booswalia]

Don't y' hate when you get a feather stuck in your nose. :)
Nice shot.

[HWP]

PhotoFranz, Riverlander, and Shirley,

Thank you each for the nice comments.

[canonloader]

Oh, look, he's wearing a dust mask. Must be getting ready to fly over a city. :)

[HWP]

Mitch.. maybe that's the dust he picked up in the city.

[PhotoFranz]

Mitch.. maybe that's the dust he picked up in the city.

Hey, I live in Chicago and I resent that remark.

Our dust is NEVER that white and clean looking!

[haggaigi]

great photo
haggai

[marie]

he's really cute looking like that ....and theres another loose feather sticking out of his neck
lol

[HWP]

Thank you Haggai and Marie. There's a lot of detail in this little photo. Show's some strange stuff on this guy. Maybe he's put his beak where it doesn't belong :)

Henry

[Stephen Stephen]

Nice capture here Henry. A little less DOF might have blurred the background more to give a very soft bokeh.

[HWP]

Thanks Stephen for both the complement and critique.

I wish I had gotten some with a more open aperture. He walked away after a couple clicks. The f8.0 is sharp but you're right a better background would enhance the photo.

Henry

[proxes]

I love it when geese hiss at you as you walk by. Always makes me laugh.

[HWP]

Actually I was standing still... at my car. He walked up to me and gave me that look and then walked off after I took a couple snaps. Maybe he wanted a kleenex. I guess I should have hissed at him:)