Trail Chicken

Every weekend we walk at a local park (see my Sammamish Slough post). It has an assortment of fowl….mostly ducks and geese but for some reason it has a resident population of chickens too. This fellow is quite friendly and nearly always runs down the trail to greet us….the fact we have a bag full of cracked corn and bread chunks likely has nothing to do with his excitement in seeing us though.



This guy, who my Mom called Coppertone, and we call #10 (because he lives by the 10 mile post on the trail) is always a welcome sight on our walks. Trying to get a few snaps of him is always a bit of a challenge as he is in constant motion and on alert for the bikes, walkers and dogs passing along the trail. He does make us smile when he runs up to greet us.

Hi Randy,
nice pictures from Coppertone and friends. It must be cold over in the USA because your beard seems to grow.
What camera did you use for theses images?
Thanks for sharing.
Best..Pius

It is starting to get a bit cooler now. Nice damp overcast days ahead.

G9 is my "trail" camera. The head shot is a bit soft as he is a nervous fellow. Getting an eye-level closeup is a bit hard. I think I shot these at ISO 400, and braced on my stick, to give me a bit of an advantage over the quick mover, but still he moved on me.

Hi Schwert

I also tried getting a picture of a chicken. Its not that easy...the guys are moving a lot. I used a new method I learned to sharpen in RAW that help a lot getting the detail up.....Look out for my article on RAW for more info...

Like always...thanks for your interesting article...

Best

Siegfried