Halifax Public Gardens Goose

Found this fellow in our Public Gardens the other day and he seemed to want to pose so I obliged. :)

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Scary looking bird! Looks like something from outer space.

Love the colors, especially the nice orange bill in front of the green background. Well done. Just promise me you keep the critter there ...

He is a nice looking goose! A change from our usual suspects. Nice capture!

What a cute little guy. I can almost feel the texture of his head.

Thanks, Matt, JAS, and QuietOne. I was happy that he decided to just sit a couple feet away and let me take a few shots without really moving. So you can't notice the editing I did? Or can you?

very nice Iggy. He's a cool looking bird for sure.

no I can't see the editing. What did you do?

Thanks.

I'll post the image I started with when I get home tonight but what happened was that there is a fence between him and I and while I tried to shoot through the holes this shot, which was my favourite, had two grey out of focus bars going through his head which I removed with Gimp.

Lol he looks he has a turkey neck! :laughing:
Cool shot Ig...I love the colours.

Thanks, casil.

I was in the Gardens andI did see your goose but I didn't see you. So one happy and one sad maybe next time ;-)

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Originally Posted by Grant

I was in the Gardens andI did see your goose but I didn't see you. So one happy and one sad maybe next time ;-)

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Sorry I missed you. I was there Tuesday at lunch time. I do tend to go often so maybe next time.

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Originally Posted by Iguanasan

I was there Tuesday at lunch time.

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We missed each other by exactly 24 hours! I didn't photograph the goose but I did shoot the bridges.

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Originally Posted by Grant

I was in the Gardens andI did see your goose but I didn't see you. So one happy and one sad maybe next time ;-)

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If you want some fun, come up to him and say in an officious voice "excuse me but do you have a permit? have your camera ready to take a picture of his facial expression first though. :laughing:

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Originally Posted by Bambi

If you want some fun, come up to him and say in an officious voice "excuse me but do you have a permit? have your camera ready to take a picture of his facial expression first though. :laughing:

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Smartass! :headslap:

Here's what I started with...
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Originally Posted by Iguanasan

Smartass! :headslap:

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who me? :angel::angel::angel:

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Originally Posted by Iguanasan

Here's what I started with...

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very well done! :thumbup:

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Originally Posted by Iguanasan

Here's what I started with...

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Once you said the fence was there I could spot traces of it, barely. But I didn't notice it until then. You did a really good job.

Thanks, Bambi and QuietOne. This was pushing my PP skills to the max! :)

Very nice job on the PP Iggy. Looks like he was either half asleep, or very angry, hard to tell. Nice capture either way.
Toulouse Goose?

nice capture Iggy!

Thanks, edG.

I have no idea what kind of goose it is, HBG. I'm not that well schooled in geese and there are no new signs up to inform me. And though it may look like it, he was quite active. It was a challenge to get a decent shot as he was moving around quite a bit which is why the one decent shot I got had fence wire going through his head ;)

Great portrait shot, vg lighting.

Thanks, OWLP! Cheers :)