24-105mm lens, 90mm, f/4.0, 1/320, ISO 200. Processed in PS.
I snapped a shot these two Canada goslings or “geeselings” as I like to call them, on Granville Island. I had to lie in geese poop for about an hour to get this shot. I basically had to become one with the geese, a part of their family, to be accepted enough to get super close. Every so often a bratty kid would come running at them, whooping and waving plastic toys and the geese would go berserk hissing and flapping their wings and I’d have to wait for them to settle.
Here’s some behind the scenes footage of me shooting in goose poop:
Clint
May 12, 2009 at 6:14 AMI’m so frustrated when people here call them “Canadian Geese.” Ugh. Canada geese, people! It’s a species name, not a nation of origin :)
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Jan Ole Peek
May 12, 2009 at 8:40 AMThose are great! Love the behind the scenes videos. Really shows how much effort goes into those photos. No wonder I take crappy pictures ;)
Powerdusk
May 12, 2009 at 10:48 AMHahaha everyone looks at you like you’re crazy. Totally worth it though, nice shots!
Ian
May 12, 2009 at 12:11 PMGreat shots once again Lisa!! ;)
Gary Simmons
May 12, 2009 at 12:18 PM“lie in geese poop” had me lol… I was out last night and shot some goslings, but I was NOT going to lie in it! I’ll lie in the mud, in dirt, even walk into the water to get a shot… but I AM NOT lying in goose poop! :)
Ian
May 12, 2009 at 12:19 PMGravatars cool.. learned something new!
Ash Matadeen
May 12, 2009 at 12:25 PMNice work! Totally worth lying in geese poop for!
Joris
May 12, 2009 at 12:26 PMWonderful shot!
I especially like the pose you stroke where your knee is about the same height as your head. If I tried that … good lord ;)
taylor2nd
May 12, 2009 at 12:34 PMawww they’re so cute.. great photos Lisa
David
May 12, 2009 at 12:43 PMYou’ve got guts. Maybe they’re nicer out in Van, but not in Calgary.
Mileta Nikoletic
May 12, 2009 at 12:47 PMGotta love it when people look at you all sprawled out on the grass and wonder…”why??” Art people… that’s why
Great shots btw
the lost_poet
May 12, 2009 at 1:07 PMbrilliant shot i must say! Worth the trouble :D
Mostly Lisa
May 12, 2009 at 10:14 PM@Powerdusk: crazy is what i do best :P
@Joris: all those figure skating moves paying off.@David: i became one with those geese. spent about 2 hours there.
@Ian: haha! nice gravatar! :P@Mileta Nikoletic @the lost_poet: @taylor2nd thanks :D
@Gary Simmons: i’m not afraid of a little geese poop. i’ve sat in worse on a ferry boat to Santorini… but that’s a whole different story:(
Kevbo
May 13, 2009 at 12:44 AMThose geeeseses could have killed you at any second!! More Canadians die from such attacks than die from curling mishaps every year, FYI. You’re just setting a bad example for other model/photographers, you know.
For shame, Lisa.
Dennis Bjørn Petersen
May 15, 2009 at 4:41 AMYou are the Dian Fossey of geese…just a bit more flexible I reckon
scriptdaddy
May 16, 2009 at 4:57 AM˙ǝɹnʇɔıd ʇɔǝɟɹǝd ɐ s,ʇı ¡ǝʇnɔ os
Todd Allen
May 16, 2009 at 8:08 AMGreat Photos Lisa. Is the Lens you’re using the Canon 70-200mm f2.8? I recently rented that lens to shoot ‘Geeselings’ with some success. The mother even came up to me while I lied in the grass and hissed at me- then bit me in the ear! I figured if I was motionless I wouldn’t disturb them, but that was what she was waiting for.
I went home and nursed a cup of Twinings Earl Grey and bandaged my ear. I guess I’m lucky I didn’t get it pulled off!
Edwin
May 16, 2009 at 9:15 AMThe things you do to get a shot. Nice capture!