First Wildife Shot with the 20D

ThusieThusie Registered Users Posts: 1,818 Major grins
edited February 17, 2006 in Wildlife
Ok so at one time it lead a wildlife..That counts:D

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Ok a goose. Nothing fancy but a huge crop and you can even see a glint in his eye. I'm happy.

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  • RohirrimRohirrim Registered Users Posts: 1,889 Major grins
    edited February 16, 2006
    thumb.gif Nice ones Thusie. That character in the first one is looking pretty wild headscratch.gif
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  • ThusieThusie Registered Users Posts: 1,818 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2006
    Rohirrim wrote:
    thumb.gif Nice ones Thusie. That character in the first one is looking pretty wild headscratch.gif

    Thanks Steve. It sort of hard to believe the difference in the quality of the crop on the goose, especially the detail in the neck feathers.
    Don went nuts over your Anna's hummer shots "what lens did he use (we can't afford it dear) how far away (that I can ask)" He loves hummingbirds.

    The wild thing in the first shot was "communing with the conifers" his wordsrolleyes1.gif
  • Osprey WhispererOsprey Whisperer Registered Users Posts: 3,803 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2006
    Congrats on the new wheels.....ughm camera. thumb.gif Hope you enjoy the view and post many photos.

    Nice birdy. I think I might have cropped it a bit. Kind of smack dab in the middle..eh?
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  • ThusieThusie Registered Users Posts: 1,818 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2006
    Bird Man Photographer wrote:
    Congrats on the new wheels.....ughm camera. thumb.gif Hope you enjoy the view and post many photos.

    Nice birdy. I think I might have cropped it a bit. Kind of smack dab in the middle..eh?

    Thanks Mike. Your right not the best crop job, not very creative, not even basic. That said I was so thrilled (huge crop as it is) it stayed so nice I just left it. I just get way to excited when anything I shoot, especially a bird, is in focus, my brain cells tank. Pitiful.
  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2006
    rolleyes1.gif , Thusie, you are so! Fun!!!

    Gonna enjoy my morning coffee thinking of your happiness with a huge crop! That is a good thing, never quite thought of it that way, but it is very good.

    Most of my lenses, my glass lenses don't get such crops, but there are other factors: exposure off, etc. When I get a bad crop, I figure I screwed up.

    You didn't, you done good, your lens done good!!!

    Now, have a good day!

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  • ThusieThusie Registered Users Posts: 1,818 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2006
    ginger_55 wrote:

    Gonna enjoy my morning coffee thinking of your happiness with a huge crop! That is a good thing, never quite thought of it that way, but it is very good.
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    Ahaa Ginger, Don's term for it was 'pathetic', meaning me. I'm yelling for him to come look, he is upstairs watch TV, he looks.."Honey its a goose", pats me on the head (I hate it when he does that) and says "I think we need to get you some longer glass". Translated "don't run me down here to look at a goose you dingbat".

    Thanks much for looking and yep I'm extremely happy.
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2006
    Good wildlife shot and the goose wasn't bad either. :D
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  • ThusieThusie Registered Users Posts: 1,818 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2006
    Harryb wrote:
    Good wildlife shot and the goose wasn't bad either. :D

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    Thanks Harry
  • GraphyFotozGraphyFotoz Registered Users Posts: 2,267 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2006
    Nice Thusie!!!
    Geese are fun! Reminds me of this shot I got at a local park in Spring 2005.
    Took some peanuts for the Squirrels and these geese were in pecking range of my lens!! rolleyes1.gif This one was about 10ft away...had to wait for em to move He was too close!

    No crop needed!! Lotsa eye glint! :D
    But this was done with my 8mp Sony 828 at the time.
    Can't wait to see what I can get with a DSLR!

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  • ThusieThusie Registered Users Posts: 1,818 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2006
    Nice one Graphy! Most geese around here are spookie as heck, my guy was across the pond from me and I still had to sneak up on my side. umph.gif
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