So . . . continuing with catching up . . . 

On the same day I shot THESE, I also visited the pond by the Library.  Remember the pond?   I previously documented my October 2012 visit (HERE).  It’s a good place to visit if one is in a fowl mood.

I would normally post comments before or after photos, but that can get confusing.  You’ll have to actually read the captions for each photo (as if anyone reads this stuff), to get the full experience of visiting my blog posts.

These next two series are presented as a slideshow video.  Individual photos can be viewed in the SmugMug gallery (HERE).  These videos are there as well, in full 1080p.  If you are going to watch them here, click the gray (HD) on the upper right-hand corner of the frame. If you want to watch them full screen, go to SmugMug; Word Perfect does not do a good job of showing them full-screen.

The obligatory “artsy” shot . . .

Here is another slideshow of a Collision Avoidance Landing – the goose on the third slide has a rather surprised, and concerned, look on its face.  As before, the individual photos are in the SmugMug gallery December 2012 Ducks and Geese

Wait! . . . is that . . . could it be?

YES!  YES IT IS!!

Actually, them be Shoveler Ducks.

These guys showed a sudden interest . . .

I should not make fun.  Over the years, these geese and ducks have worked hard at training humans to come and feed them at this pond.

To end this fine post . . . I’ve been playing with Adobe Premier Pro to process my D7000 movies.  This was shot on the same day, and it shows The Twirlers (you’ll recognize them) and Canada Geese on the pond.  The movie was stabilized, color adjusted, cropped, and a title and music added.  A 5 minute process that took me close to 2 hours as I learned how the program worked.  Here be the first:

Of course, I had to practice what I learned . . . I did not put in fades, etc.  and the video goes in and out of focus because the camera was on autofocus (I need to remember to switch it off when I take movies).

Lastly, the Canada goose I call “The Dense One”.  I did a bit more with this, adding some fades.  This goose swam into an area of open water surrounded on three sides by ice . . . it wanted to rejoin its companions but, evidently, forgot it could fly.  It would swim, hit the edge of the ice, and could not figure out why she could not proceed . . . enjoy.

OK, so that’s it for today . . . this took much longer than planned, but I learned a bunch of stuff.  I look forward to becoming a media mogul. 

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