And the geeses.
Change of plans, meant to go at Coteau-du-lac, a village near Valleyfield, to take pictures of the surroundings of the “Old fort”.
On arrival, I noticed a fairly large group of wild ducks. They are taking advantage of the open waters created by the Delisle river at the junction of St-Lawrence river.
So, change of plans, we will be shooting ducks today (picture wise!). I trade my wide-angle zoom for a Tele Zoom (70-300 mm).
These ducks, for some unknown reasons (at least to me), prefer to stay here in the cold instead of going south like all normal ducks would do. Are they lazy?
I slowly approach the water edge, the birds are nervous. All of the sudden, little panic, the bulk of the group is taking off.
No problem, I have lots of time. In the wet snow, up to my waist, I get closer to the water. I lay down on my back and wait for them to come back. I know they will: water is frozen everywhere else.
Slowly, as planned, they are coming back. I stayed in that position for an hour and a half and took more than 400 pictures.
The problem is that I was wearing the wrong pants, and got soak, and cold.
No pain no gain.
François
