Loons

Dennis KaczorDennis Kaczor Registered Users Posts: 2,413 Major grins
edited August 3, 2011 in Wildlife
These were taken on our camping trip and my wife spotted this guy in the lake took at the camera gear and bean bag and opened the car door and started shooting. Just have a soft spot for loons.


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Regards - Dennis

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  • squirl033squirl033 Registered Users Posts: 1,230 Major grins
    edited July 26, 2011
    fabulous shots! i always envy people who can get close enough to loons to get shots like these... the only ones i ever see here are a way off in the distance, far beyond any reasonable hope of a photo... :(
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  • BigAlBigAl Registered Users Posts: 2,294 Major grins
    edited July 27, 2011
    Lovely Dennis - a bird I would really like to see!
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  • IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited July 27, 2011
    One of these guys kept waking me up last weekend while I was camping in the Adirondacks north of Lake Placid.
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  • Dennis KaczorDennis Kaczor Registered Users Posts: 2,413 Major grins
    edited July 27, 2011
    squirl033 wrote: »
    fabulous shots! i always envy people who can get close enough to loons to get shots like these... the only ones i ever see here are a way off in the distance, far beyond any reasonable hope of a photo... :(

    Thanks very much for your comments on these. I was the same as well never had the luck to capture them in close or in any good lighting, and even on our camping trip 2 weeks ago we seen them way out there but not worth getting the gear out. Along the highway inside the park I seen them in closer and decided to give it a try even in bad lighting, and found that the stop was worth it becase mom had a baby on here back, and minutes later pop showed up. As for the images not the best, but keepers as I have never seen a pair with a baby.

    All I can say is keep trying, and lady luck will be there one day for you.

    Oh yes, I give credit to my wife, for these as she spotted the loon and I would have drove by.
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  • Dennis KaczorDennis Kaczor Registered Users Posts: 2,413 Major grins
    edited July 27, 2011
    BigAl wrote: »
    Lovely Dennis - a bird I would really like to see!

    Al, thanks very much. Yes once you see them and hear their call you will want more of them. I have others that I will post, later as well.

    Thanks again.
    Regards - Dennis

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  • Dennis KaczorDennis Kaczor Registered Users Posts: 2,413 Major grins
    edited July 27, 2011
    Icebear wrote: »
    One of these guys kept waking me up last weekend while I was camping in the Adirondacks north of Lake Placid.

    Well that is funny John, sounds like you were not a happy camper about it? For me, I just love to hear their calls sounds so peaceful to me. In Algonquin Park we had them sound off more after sunset than in the early morning.
    Regards - Dennis

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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited July 27, 2011
    Very pretty....but the bird looks too blue to me.ne_nau.gif
  • Dennis KaczorDennis Kaczor Registered Users Posts: 2,413 Major grins
    edited July 27, 2011
    Ric Grupe wrote: »
    Very pretty....but the bird looks too blue to me.ne_nau.gif

    I had uploaded the wrong images Ric, and I have placed the corrected ones in this thread now.
    Regards - Dennis

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  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited July 27, 2011
    One of my favorite birds. I searched for Loons for a week in the Canadian Rockies and found a pair on my last day, and on the last lake I hiked.

    Very nice captures, Dennis thumb.gifthumb
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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited July 27, 2011
    Dennis Kaczor wrote: »
    I had uploaded the wrong images Ric, and I have placed the corrected ones in this thread now.

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  • Dennis KaczorDennis Kaczor Registered Users Posts: 2,413 Major grins
    edited July 27, 2011
    dlplumer wrote: »
    One of my favorite birds. I searched for Loons for a week in the Canadian Rockies and found a pair on my last day, and on the last lake I hiked.

    Very nice captures, Dennis thumb.gifthumb

    Thanks very much Dan, and they are one of mine, I fell in love with them 40 years ago in Algonquin Park. After all these years going up there and seeing and hearing them I was never able to get them in close enough for the lens I had at the time. I was so happy that my wife spotted them and yelled STOP THE CAR...Sounds like a commercial on TV.

    Did you ever capture them on that trip?
    Regards - Dennis

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  • Dennis KaczorDennis Kaczor Registered Users Posts: 2,413 Major grins
    edited July 27, 2011
    Ric Grupe wrote: »
    clap.gif:D

    Thanks Ric.
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  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited July 27, 2011
    Dennis Kaczor wrote: »
    Thanks very much Dan, and they are one of mine, I fell in love with them 40 years ago in Algonquin Park. After all these years going up there and seeing and hearing them I was never able to get them in close enough for the lens I had at the time. I was so happy that my wife spotted them and yelled STOP THE CAR...Sounds like a commercial on TV.

    Did you ever capture them on that trip?
    I did. You can see it HERE
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  • LindiweLindiwe Registered Users Posts: 606 Major grins
    edited July 27, 2011
    The call of the loon is, to me, one of the most awesome sounds in all of nature. It's one sound that is absolutely guaranteed to make me homesick for Canada - but apart from nature documentaries, etc., there is no chance of hearing loons in Australia. ;)

    Gorgeous images, Dennis. Thanks so much for sharing!
  • Dennis KaczorDennis Kaczor Registered Users Posts: 2,413 Major grins
    edited July 27, 2011
    dlplumer wrote: »
    I did. You can see it HERE

    Thanks very much Dan for sharing this with me, that was a sweet shot you got and I bet it made it all worth the efforts.
    Regards - Dennis

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  • Dennis KaczorDennis Kaczor Registered Users Posts: 2,413 Major grins
    edited July 27, 2011
    Lindiwe wrote: »
    The call of the loon is, to me, one of the most awesome sounds in all of nature. It's one sound that is absolutely guaranteed to make me homesick for Canada - but apart from nature documentaries, etc., there is no chance of hearing loons in Australia. ;)

    Gorgeous images, Dennis. Thanks so much for sharing!

    Lindiwe, now how true is that statement, I just love the sounds that come from these birds, so peaceful to me. You are right that there is no chance hearing them in your location, but you can always play their sound on a coumputer. Happy to share these with you, and there is more to come, but will wait till this one clears.
    Regards - Dennis

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  • korandokekorandoke Registered Users Posts: 517 Major grins
    edited July 27, 2011
    nice serie
    Best regards,
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  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited July 27, 2011
    Dennis Kaczor wrote: »
    Thanks very much Dan for sharing this with me, that was a sweet shot you got and I bet it made it all worth the efforts.

    It indeed was the most excited I have ever been as far as a capture is concerned. We got to this lake and there was no one there and not a bird to be seen. Then these two birds descend at the far end of the lake and start to swim towards our end of the lake. After maybe 5 minutes I could detect they were indeed two Loons. I got within :D:D15 yards of them with my 300 mm, and they never got spooked at all. It was truly miraculous.
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  • Dennis KaczorDennis Kaczor Registered Users Posts: 2,413 Major grins
    edited July 27, 2011
    korandoke wrote: »
    nice serie

    Thanks korandoke for your comment.
    Regards - Dennis

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  • Dennis KaczorDennis Kaczor Registered Users Posts: 2,413 Major grins
    edited July 27, 2011
    dlplumer wrote: »
    It indeed was the most excited I have ever been as far as a capture is concerned. We got to this lake and there was no one there and not a bird to be seen. Then these two birds descend at the far end of the lake and start to swim towards our end of the lake. After maybe 5 minutes I could detect they were indeed two Loons. I got within :D:D15 yards of them with my 300 mm, and they never got spooked at all. It was truly miraculous.

    Wow dan, that is amazing that you had the 300mm and 15 yards away from them, I bet your heart must of been pounding when this happen and the bonus they they did not spoke and take flight. All your efforts paid off and that made your whole day I'm sure.
    Regards - Dennis

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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited July 29, 2011
    Good images helped by a fine BG.
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  • Dennis KaczorDennis Kaczor Registered Users Posts: 2,413 Major grins
    edited July 30, 2011
    Harryb wrote: »
    Good images helped by a fine BG.

    Thanks Harry and you are right about the BG, without it who knows how these would have turned out like.
    Regards - Dennis

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  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited July 30, 2011
    Dennis Kaczor wrote: »
    Thanks Harry and you are right about the BG, without it who knows how these would have turned out like.

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  • fool4thecityfool4thecity Registered Users Posts: 632 Major grins
    edited August 1, 2011
    Love the reflected green water, great shots.
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  • spechtalspechtal Registered Users Posts: 344 Major grins
    edited August 1, 2011
    great images
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  • Dennis KaczorDennis Kaczor Registered Users Posts: 2,413 Major grins
    edited August 1, 2011
    fool4thecity wrote: »
    Love the reflected green water, great shots.

    Thanks for the comments Mike and glad that you liked the green water.
    Regards - Dennis

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  • Dennis KaczorDennis Kaczor Registered Users Posts: 2,413 Major grins
    edited August 1, 2011
    spechtal wrote: »
    great images

    Angela thanks for the comment.
    Regards - Dennis

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  • Ed HoffmanEd Hoffman Registered Users Posts: 3 Beginner grinner
    edited August 1, 2011
    Amazing loony shots ! We have those all around Idaho and their amazing to hear in the mornings, but you think i could ever get a clean shot of one ha not ! Good works :D
  • CCROYCCROY Registered Users Posts: 90 Big grins
    edited August 2, 2011
    Very nice shots. Is the greenish water due to PP or was it due to reflection of something else?
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  • raptorcaptorraptorcaptor Registered Users Posts: 3,968 Major grins
    edited August 2, 2011
    Good shots, Dennis! I have yet to photograph them in their breeding plumage!
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