Do I have to? by helenhall

Do I have to?

For now I am following your good advice and starting from where I am.

Managed to walk home along the river after work today and watched two Canada geese protect their handsome brood for a while in the grass, before marching them to the edge of the water and leading them in. This little one was very reluctant to follow.

The hardest thing to snatch a composition whilst the many are moving around, and I totally failed to have the exposure time short enough to account for the speed with which they were moving. So, there have been a great many deletes. If only I had been quicker off the mark, at first I didn't see the brood as they were gathered under their mother's wing. What a beautiful sight it was when she stood up to reveal ten or so little ones raising their heads and rising to their feet.
This is so cute.
April 25th, 2019  
fliffball
April 25th, 2019  
Sweet capture, and great title :-)
April 25th, 2019  
He is clearly thinking hard about taking the plunge. So cute.

Good to see you back after your trip to foreign lands.
April 25th, 2019  
Great perspective and title.
April 25th, 2019  
Aw this is so sweet. I love the story it tells. It must be quite daunting to take that first leap into the unknown.
April 25th, 2019  
so cute - and sometimes the blur adds to the charm of the images. One shot of pure blur of ducks feeding that was on here made the BBC Wildlife calendar a few years back
April 25th, 2019  
What a cute little rear!
April 25th, 2019  
way too cute , beautiful
April 25th, 2019  
Love that tail end. :) so cute
April 26th, 2019  
You have shown the real fluffiness of this gooselet! It looks a bit like a ducklet though! (I do know the correct name - just like to play around)
April 26th, 2019  
So cute
April 26th, 2019  
Awww- that's so sweet. I love how fluffy he looks. And this is a perfect shot for me today as I just became a grandma again! fav
April 26th, 2019  
So cute
April 26th, 2019  
ha great title and image. he really does look like he's trying to convince himself ;)
April 26th, 2019  
So sweet. Fav!! 😀
April 26th, 2019  
An adorable fav!
April 27th, 2019  
Fantastic-I really like it
April 27th, 2019  
Fabulous capture!
April 27th, 2019  
poor little duckie. don't do it, duckie. life's too precious. come back here!
April 28th, 2019  
so soft and fluffy
April 29th, 2019  
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