Please help with photos from my trip to the marsh.

[Mikhal]

I went to the marsh today for the first time. It started off as a nice sunny day but soon it degenerated into a very windy(20-25mph) and cloudy day with off and on snow squalls. These were all taken with my d3400 70-300mm lens. Any comments or tips would be greatly appreciated. Also does anyone know what type of goose the white goose is?

What could I have done to make the images more crisp under these conditions?

 

[Derrel]

Domestic/Canada hybrid goose?

 

[Mikhal]

Domestic/Canada hybrid goose?

The only thing I can find on google is that it may be a hybrid between a Canada goose and a Bar-headed goose, but none of the images really match. It was the only one that I saw in the marsh, all the other geese were of the Canada variety.

 

[WesternGuy]

In the first two, you have images of Canada Geese - singular Canada Goose. The third one and the last two are unknown to me, but are probably hybrids of some sort, perhaps a Canada Goose - Snow Goose hybrid. Check this out for comparison - Canada Goose x Snow Goose | Hybrid birds | Flickr . Hope this helps.

WesternGuy

 

[Mikhal]

In the first two, you have images of Canada Geese - singular Canada Goose. The third one and the last two are unknown to me, but are probably hybrids of some sort, perhaps a Canada Goose - Snow Goose hybrid. Check this out for comparison - Canada Goose x Snow Goose | Hybrid birds | Flickr . Hope this helps.

WesternGuy

It does help thank you, between your link and finding something obscure on the Marsh's Facebook page it is in fact a Snow goose X Canada goose.

 

[K9Kirk]

Nice shots! When shooting telephoto, light can be a real PITA on an overcast day. I had trouble just the other day with some of my pics that came out underexposed, I was thinking I should've increased the ISO since I couldn't open the aperture any more or slow down the shutter speed. My bad for not developing the habit of checking all my pics right after I take them and making adjustments on the fly. I can't say with certainty that that would've actually helped, I will have to test that to find out for sure. Seems logical anyway.

 

[Mikhal]

Nice shots! When shooting telephoto, light can be a real PITA on an overcast day. I had trouble just the other day with some of my pics that came out underexposed, I was thinking I should've increased the ISO since I couldn't open the aperture any more or slow down the shutter speed. My bad for not developing the habit of checking all my pics right after I take them and making adjustments on the fly. I can't say with certainty that that would've actually helped, I will have to test that to find out for sure. Seems logical anyway.

Thanks! That will be something that I will look into doing as well. I know the wind was horrible, some of the gusts would shove me enough that things would be out of the shot.

 

[WesternGuy]

In the first two, you have images of Canada Geese - singular Canada Goose. The third one and the last two are unknown to me, but are probably hybrids of some sort, perhaps a Canada Goose - Snow Goose hybrid. Check this out for comparison - Canada Goose x Snow Goose | Hybrid birds | Flickr . Hope this helps.

WesternGuy

It does help thank you, between your link and finding something obscure on the Marsh's Facebook page it is in fact a Snow goose X Canada goose.

Thanks for the verification. Nice to know what these somewhat "strange" looking birds are.

WesternGuy