Fuzzy Gosling, a photo from Aarhus, West

Photographer's Note

The Old Town of Aarhus is not just about houses, there are animals in the town, too. Horsedrawn carriages take visitors around the place against payment, they keep bees for honey, there's a henhouse, ducks and a small group of geese. The geese roam freely through the town begging - often more like demanding - their share of any bread eaten within the town's perimeters. On my last visit to The Old Town I couldn't fail to notice that the geese have produced a brood of 4 goslings. These goslings can't be very old yet, because although they're about the size of a grown chicken, they still have the fuzzy feathers of the newly-hatched.
Fortunately for us, the geese and goslings didn't show up before Milloup and I had had time to enjoy our lunch sitting in my favourite courtyard by the brook overlooking part of the town. Actually, I'd just packed away the paper and was about to get the camera out, when the noisy group of 4 grown geese with the 4 goslings came striding down the alleyway towards our position. After making some hissing noises and threatening wingflapping they finally decided it was safe to take the goslings past us and into the brook where this photo was taken. To me it looks a bit like the hind gosling is whispering to the front one: "Watch out, she ate grandpa for Christmas" - which - as a matter of fact - I didn't ;-))
Treatment: Crop, saturation +10, USM and resize.

orme, Japie, Michael_Gan, Jeppe, Georges, elroyie, Dingo, Burnham, phi729, anney ha puntuado esta nota como útil.

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orme (7219) 2004-07-16 10:41

Fantastic shot, Bente. Excellent detail and colours.
Very well captured and framed.

Japie (72) 2004-07-16 11:37

Wonderfull clarity and sharpness - after looking at this I'll stick with salads next christmas - Well taken - Japie

Michael_Gan (2776) 2004-07-16 11:46

This gosling is looking into the camera like the famous cartoon figure "Daffy Duck". As if he's going to trick you within the next seconds. The details are superb: the waterdrops and feathers are very crisp. The dark background is perfect for this subject. Very well done!

ellis49 (74) 2004-07-16 12:14

Fantastic shot
Wonderfull clarity and sharpness

Gert

Jeppe (18654) 2004-07-16 14:34

Very fine portrait you made of this nice looking gosling, I would try to forget this while sitting at the x-mass table next time ;-)

I like the waterdrops which adds extra to the image, thanks Bente.

cdewet (0) 2004-07-16 14:42

Bente
This is one sweet and cute chick. I love the lighting on the feathers, and I agree, about not eating our feathered friends. Now a nice, jucy medium steak is something else!

maphoto (8082) 2004-07-16 18:49

Très beau portrait, d'une clarté exceptionnelle, les couleurs et l'arrière plan sont ravissants, une très très belle composition, merci de partager.

danyy (0) 2004-07-17 3:05

Que dire d'une image aussi parfaite, que des éloges, tant sur le plan de lamise au point (profondeur de champ extra) que de la netteté, poussée jusqu'à voir avec précision les goutelettes d'eau qur le duvet.

Georges (11185) 2004-07-17 3:19

Extra cette image trés riche en détails et de superbe qualité en plus.
Le cliché degage beaucoup de fraicheur avec ces perles d'eau sur le plumage.La profondeur de champ est parfaitement maitrisée ici
Bravo j'adore Bente du trés bon travail .

elroyie (2750) 2004-07-17 10:37

Very good picture with 'brave' crop, but very good one, the colours and exposure are very good.

Dingo (79) 2004-07-18 17:08

Very well done, Bente. I like the sharpness, but I think the 2nd head is a bit distracting. Anyway, TFS...

steffleu (1397) 2004-07-18 18:46

simplement très beau !!!

Burnham (2428) 2004-07-19 4:34

Aww, I missed this one, it's so cute, I'm a sucker for fuzzy animals ;o) I think I'll join Japie's christmas vow and only have sald, but then again I'm in Ecuador so it will probably come quite naturally. The details are exellent and so is the light. Well done.

katsuhiro (479) 2004-07-19 9:47

Great sharpness in your shot. I love the details like the small feathers that you can clearly see and the water droplets. Fantastic, well done!

phi729 (2101) 2004-07-19 17:54

The brightness is captured gorgeously here (reflection of the sun on the downs and pearls of water). The quality of the sharpness is also excellent.

Another good mark : The humor is omnipresent in your notes, Bente... By the way, the look of this gosling doesn't seem easy-going. It is the one who is going to eat you! ;-))

ricopin (563) 2004-10-30 11:47