I like a 'goose' pie!...

We have them here with the same complaints!...makes a bonny picture for you though!...A grand scene!..

So very nice.

Ok...you are so lucky that you guys can kill them over there! Hunters aren't allowed really to kill them here. I think that they can kill the males, but not the females. The only problem with that is they look so much a like!

But these geese really do make the photo stand out. A fantastic shot.

The first time I saw this one I thought they looked like Canadians but wondered how they could have gotten to New Zealand from here without some help. These geese are a big-time game bird here, thousands ending up on the dining table every year, and, each year here, it is common to see a high-flying flock so large and dense with birds it looks like a thin storm cloud, containing anywhere from several hundred to several thousand geese. I like all the horizontal elements in this shot, Lyn; the water, landform and sky, the position of the reeds, ripples in the water, the arrangement of the birds, and even their body shapes are horizontal. Plus, it's a pano. it all fits. And it all works.

-Nik

Lovely shot Lyn,of the geese with the lake and mountains as backdrop.

Very nice photo of nature. From geese to the mountains. Peaceful and beautiful scene, Lyn. Taken finely.

Tanju

Well, that tells you a lot about US diplomacy! lol Not willing to leave well enough alone! I did get a chuckle out of it though.
Just a really well composed image, Lyn, from the weeds down front all the way to the distant mountains. This is such a perfect shot.

Very nice shot! I agree with Nik about them ending up on many folks dinner table. In China Town...New York they have them hanging whole for customers to choose from.

This is a beautiful image but the shoreline in the background is almost too straight to be a natural part of the image. If the mountains were "dropped in" as they appear to be then this should be posted as a "Manipulation" abeit, a well constructed one. ??????

Thanks to Teddy Roosevelt we have Parks in the US that are a refuge for all kinds of wildlife. He had a lot of vision. What an idyllic scene.

VFS-TicK

Gorgeous capture Lyn and looks like a oil painting, so rich in colours and detail. Brilliant job

A Beautiful scene and so Stunning photo,Eve.

Teddy Roosevelt was quite free with others property, considering they were Canada geese. I suppose it was because they white-washed their way to the South, every Winter, by the millions.
A beautiful scene, Eve. It would be a better balance with that one goose cloned out, that's against the right border. Moving images are always a distraction when at,or breaking a border.

I think this is a lovely image mainly for the water color and the mtn. backdrop. The geese are a bit dark and has a loss of detail, sorry Lyn, just my humble thought. Tigs♥ =^..^=

In reply to Pat's query - this is not a manipulation - the mountains are real. :) I would not know how to add the mountains!
Link to unedited original (I cloned out two half geese on either edge and cropped the sky

http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/3416/img1943large.jpg

Link to another shot with the mountains closer

http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/2875/img1947large.jpg

and another link to a picture already uploaded here taken in winter

http://www.caedes.net/Zephir.cgi?lib=Caedes::Infopage&image=LynEve-1222179452.jpg

:)

A wonderful shot, LynEve! I have to say I'm surprised to see these geese in New Zealand, and I've certainly never seen them in such an awe-inspiring setting. I hope this bunch appreciates the view. :) I love the wide aspect and the weeds in the foreground. I like this one!

- Steve

I'm still trying to figure out where this half-goose is supposed to be?

Lyn - The Canadian Geese are prolific, pretty pests that make a terrific photo. How nice that a US president gave Canadian birds as a gift to NZ - such is diplomacy! lol Their liberal amounts of deposits in water and on land can be a nuisance. That said, they add much to this already beautiful scene. Excellent post-photo work as well. Thad

I recently read that one Canada Goose leaves more excrement than one full sized sheep !!

Pretty color lake with the geese swimming along. I like the pale pastel mts in the distance...I just saw it in the VB and gave it a high mark
A++ and fave!
Diane

Lovely colours, subjects of interest from the foreground right through to the background, all crowned with that fantastic mountain range in the distance - a very attractive composition indeed!