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<\/p>\nA common species but the photo interests me on many levels.<\/p>\n
Bad weather and poor shooting conditions have kept me grounded for what seems like eons so yesterday morning while it was snowing I paid a visit to one of several ponds I frequent to see if I could get lucky. I knew the light would be poor but falling snowflakes in my images can compensate for low light in some ways so I went for the gusto.<\/p>\n
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1\/800, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n My timing was good because for a period of about 10 minutes wave after wave of Canada Geese came in to land on the relatively small patch of open water on the mostly ice-covered pond. They reminded me of squadrons of jet fighters queuing in the air to take their turn landing on an aircraft carrier. Their noisy honking as they approached added to the chaos and excitement.<\/p>\n With white skies and poor light very few of my photos were any good but this one jumped out at me. Whether viewers like the photo or not I think it’s interesting and even appealing for a variety of reasons including the following:<\/p>\n That’s a lot of things that had to come together to get this shot. When I realized how lucky I was it made me wonder where Murphy had been when I took the photo.<\/p>\n Maybe ol’ Murph has an aversion for snow and cold so he decided to stay home rather than sitting on my shoulder and botching each and every shot I took.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A common species but the photo interests me on many levels.<\/p>\n\n