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Photographer Andre Denis  Andre Denis {Karma:66327}
Project #24 The Decisive Moment Camera Model Fuji S 5000
Categories Nature
Wildlife
Humor
Film Format Digital JPEG Norm
Portfolio Birds
Close To Home
Wildlife
Lens Fujinon Telephoto 8X
Uploaded 4/30/2006 Film / Memory Type XD Card
    ISO / Film Speed
Views 1006 Shutter 1/250
Favorites Aperture f/4.5
Critiques 27 Rating
6.70
/ 3 Ratings
Location City -  Near Toronto
State -  ONTARIO
Country - Canada   Canada
About Over the years, one thing I've learned is it always pays to have your camera ready. While on our little hike through the Rouge Valley yesterday, we saw a ton of wildlife. But this was my most amusing shot. We were watching these paddlers making there way quietly up the river when I looked up and there she was sitting about 20 feet away, at eye level. Luckily, I had my camera set for shooting small birds at about the same distance. Even the small branches co-operated nicely in this shot.

I put this in the humour catagory because I thought it ironic that while the goose was watching the paddlers so intently, it didn't know we were standing not far behind it.
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Shirley D. Cross-Taylor Shirley D. Cross-Taylor   {K:174181} 4/5/2007
You're welcome, Andre!:)

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Andre Denis Andre Denis   {K:66327} 4/5/2007
Thanks Shirley,
This one was taken almost one year ago now.
I've always liked the whimsical look to this one.
Andre

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Shirley D. Cross-Taylor Shirley D. Cross-Taylor   {K:174181} 4/5/2007
It's a wonderful capture, Andre!:)

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Andre Denis Andre Denis   {K:66327} 4/4/2007
Thanks Stan,
I always get a laugh from this one because I remember how I surprised the goose by walking around the bend. I was lucky enough to have him not fly away and at the same time, the people in the canoe were in perfect position for the shot. Sometimes we get lucky :)
Andre

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Stan Ciszek Stan Ciszek   {K:56854} 4/4/2007
It's very expressive shot Andre,I like it.
Best wishes,
Stan

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Andre Denis Andre Denis   {K:66327} 7/11/2006
Thanks for the comment Motahare. And thanks for paying a visit to my portfolio!
Andre

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Motahare  Okhovat Motahare  Okhovat    {K:337} 7/10/2006
Dear andre,
Nice perspective , good catch :)!
All the best friend

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Andre Denis Andre Denis   {K:66327} 5/13/2006
Thanks Andree,
Yes, exactly! I wonder how strange it must be to have that kind of vision. I suppose it would be a little like seeing out of a 7mm Fisheye lens all the time :)
Thanks for the visit and the comment.
Andre

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Andre Denis Andre Denis   {K:66327} 5/13/2006
Thanks Nick,
I liked the idea of the goose being caught in the middle of my camera and the canoe. And he seems to be keeping an eye on each of us!
Andre

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andree lerat andree lerat   {K:17476} 5/12/2006
Unique capture. Love it. Remember that the goose has two eyes, one watching you and the other watching the boat. :) Andree

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Nick Karagiaouroglou Nick Karagiaouroglou   {K:127263} 5/12/2006
Even considering the good lick you had, Andre, the picture is a great composition and the ratios of size and distance of the two main things of interest are in a very good proportion to each other. The branches add much to the image, since they bring the feeling of being myself there, watching them paddling away and wating to get out again.

A great moment in nature, and indeed, also a humorous one!

Bravo!

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Andre Denis Andre Denis   {K:66327} 5/12/2006
Thanks Doyle,
I did get very lucky with the timing on this one!
To tell you the truth, I really thought more people would notice this one when I first posted it. You never can tell how it might go with views and comments :)
Thanks for visiting!
Andre

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Doyle D. Chastain Doyle D. Chastain   {K:101119} 5/11/2006
Wonderful shot with good focal clarity, DOF and the composition is perfect. Very well done. As they say . . . timing is everything!

Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~

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Andre Denis Andre Denis   {K:66327} 5/6/2006
Thanks Kes,
I really did get lucky with the timing of this one. Nothing cloned out at all. Straight from the camera without the branches going through either the gooses head or the canoe :)
Andre

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Nelson Moore [Kes] -  Nelson Moore [Kes] -     {K:20241} 5/6/2006
Hi Andre, nice composition and capture. The branches frame the bird and the folks in the boat. Amazing "co-operation"! Your DOF keeps the bird in focus and blurs the background, yet there is enough detail in the background to complete the story.

Best regards,
Kes

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Andre Denis Andre Denis   {K:66327} 5/3/2006
Thanks Marcus,
I did get a little lucky with the correct focus. I don't know how many times a shot like this has been ruined by the focus going to some wayward branches instead of the main subject :) I use the auto focus set to "spot" for most of this kind of shot. I find the continuous focus too slow and battery consuming on my Fuji S5000. The manual focus is unbelieveably awkward to use, in situations like this.
Andre

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Andre Denis Andre Denis   {K:66327} 5/3/2006
Thanks Susie,
I haven't printed it, but it has been my monitor wallpaper for the last few days!
Andre

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Susie OConnor Susie OConnor   {K:34798} 5/3/2006
GREAT shot Andre. And great timing. This is a priceless shot. I hope you are going to print this out and hang it. Your exposure and dof are really good.
Susie

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Marcus Armani Marcus Armani   {K:36599} 5/2/2006
Excellent Andre, I like the way you have perfect focus of the goose through the branches, and the boaters through another, this is a perfect moment for the capture, and you got a nice profile shot..

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Andre Denis Andre Denis   {K:66327} 5/1/2006
Thanks Ray,
I was pretty happy with the way this one turned out.
Andre

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Andre Denis Andre Denis   {K:66327} 5/1/2006
Thanks Kathy,
To use one of my Usefilm friends sayings (Thilo)
The canoe is like the "cherry" on top of the image. It seems to work well!
Andre

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stingRay pt.4 . stingRay pt.4 .   {K:250401} 5/1/2006
What an excellently composed shot Andre, all the more remarkable for the short space of time given you for it's capture. The details in the bird are superb, the textures in the bark are great and I love the rich blobs of colour of the canoeists so wonderfully framed by the branches. Well done to you my friend....Very best wishes....Ray

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Kathy Hillard Kathy Hillard   {K:25721} 5/1/2006
Great shot, Andre! Lucky indeed to have your camera ready!!! I love that little pop of muted color that the paddlers add to the shot. I love this!!!!

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Andre Denis Andre Denis   {K:66327} 4/30/2006
Hi Dave,
That's exactly the way I saw it too Dave! Without the canoe paddling by, all I would have is another common Goose shot. I got very lucky with the timing of this one :)
Andre

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Andre Denis Andre Denis   {K:66327} 4/30/2006
Thanks Jacques,
As you probably know, these geese are very plentiful around here, even to the point of being a nuisance. We can get close-ups of them any time we feel like. But, this opportunity was there only for a few seconds. So, I'm pretty proud of it. Another five seconds or so and the canoe would have been out of the frame, or the goose would have been gone. Not much of a shot left after that.:)
Andre

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Dave Stacey Dave Stacey   {K:150877} 4/30/2006
Excellent composition here, Andre! A very good shot of the goose, but with that importand extra in the shot to make it very different from the average. The dof is perfect here, too! Very well seen and captured!
Dave.

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jacques brisebois   {K:73883} 4/30/2006
wonderful capture, real nice composition, really love it, the boat on the background, natural framing, a real great one Andre

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