Geese Flying Off
by Judi Dressler
Title
Geese Flying Off
Artist
Judi Dressler
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
This photograph was taken at a slow shutter speed to intentionally give the feeling of motion and an artistic look to these Canada Geese taking off. There were hundreds of geese gathered at the part of the lake that was not frozen, and little by little, groups started flying away. I love the blur in the wings!
During much of the year Canada Geese associate in large flocks, and many of these birds may be related to one another. They mate for life with very low “divorce rates,” and pairs remain together throughout the year. Geese mate “assortatively,” larger birds choosing larger mates and smaller ones choosing smaller mates; in a given pair, the male is usually larger than the female. Young often remain with their parents for their entire first year, especially in the larger subspecies. As summer wanes birds become more social; they may gather in large numbers at food sources; where food is limited and patchy, may compete with displays and fights.
Photo taken on January 5, 2021, in Lafayette, Colorado
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Won 2nd Place in FAA's SUBJECT IN MOTION contest, 2/26/21
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Descriptive keywords and tags for this image include canada geese, geese, flying, taking off, motion blur, wing blur, slow motion, lake, pond, winter, birds, branta canadensis, anatidae, anser, colorado, slow shutter, flock, wild, wildlife, nature, wings, dressler, and judi dressler.
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January 5th, 2021
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Comments (34)
Shoal Hollingsworth
Wonderful work. Thank you for submitting your image to the Ducks, Geese and Swans Only Group where the image is now featured on the home page. Feel free to post this in the Featured archive in the group discussion page section L/F
Don Columbus
Congratulations, your work is Featured in "Coastal Water Birds-Shore Birds" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
Don Columbus
Congratulations, your work is Featured in "Birds In Focus" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020-2021 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
Don Columbus
Congratulations, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020-2021 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
Alex Lapidus
Congratulations, you've won second place in the Subject in Motion contest -- beautiful work!
Gary F Richards
Spectacular motion capture, lighting, shading, colors and artwork! F/L …voted in the SUBJECT IN MOTION contest!
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