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Tuesday ~ March 25, 2014

Posted by Dave Updegraff on March 25, 2014
Posted in: Daily Posts. Tagged: Geese, Photography, Swans, The Duck Pond, Wildlife Photography.

Geese at the Duck Pond

Happy Tuesday!

A couple of my friends asked me what happened over the weekend because not only was there no blog on Saturday or Sunday but none yesterday either.  Well as much as I hate to admit it I never touched a camera the entire weekend.  That is with the exception of the Phantom’s camera.

As you may recall one of my laments about the FPV (first person view) set up on the Phantom requires me looking at my iPhone (very small and hard to see in the sunlight) or a 7 inch monitor, which is also somewhat hard to see in bright sunlight.  Enter a product called Fat Shark Goggles, which in essence puts two small TV screens in a pair of goggles and then you can see exactly what your camera is seeing.

Nesting Swan?

So Saturday I spent most of the day reading material about how to install the transmitter on the Phantom and use the Phantom’s own power supply as opposed to having a secondary battery power supply.  Between reading, watching videos, making diagrams and doing the actual wiring it took me most of Saturday to accomplish.  Mix in there 4 flights to test the equipment and a visit from Angie, Josh and Gabby and that pretty much took up the whole day.

Then Sunday was reserved for a couple of well-earned naps, some more flight tests and finally a night flight around the neighborhood.  So I’ve got probably 15 Gb of video of the Phantom taking off from our back concrete slab, rising to a height of 300 – 500 feet, a couple of 360 degree turns and then a landing.  I don’t think you want to see that over and over again.  So come Monday morning I didn’t have anything worth showing.

Comingling group

Yesterday on my lunch break I grabbed a bite and then off to the duck pond.  There were not as many birds there yesterday as there has been last week.  Only 3 swans and maybe 30 – 50 geese.  The two geese in the first image were sort of stranded in a small open pool of water surrounded by ice from the morning’s cold temperature.  The second image is of a lone swan (perhaps nesting) I hope.  I am excited to see if we get some more cygnets again this year as I will enjoy photographing their development.

Finally just a pair of swans intermingled with some geese.  Life at the pond was peaceful and relaxed yesterday.  I think most of the territorial disputes have been settled for the time being.

As soon as warm weather arrives I’m going to attempt a fly over of the duck pond.  I think it will make an interesting video.

So that’s it for today.  I hope you enjoy your Tuesday.  Thanks for stopping by and be careful.

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