r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/CHCMATT • 21d ago

Cameraman keeps a goose landing on the Dodger's Stadium field perfectly in shot

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u/Novafro 21d ago

I guess any landing you can walk away from is a good one.

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u/SeaToTheBass 21d ago

Someone pointed out on another post that this bird has a lame leg, and that it thought it was dropping into a lake full of algae. This looks like a grebe, which can’t take flight from land. Like loons, their legs are only meant for swimming, they can’t walk.

So maybe not so good I hope it got help :/

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u/XFX_Samsung 21d ago

So what happens when they misjudge land for water in the wild? They just wait to die or get eaten?

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u/sdyawg 21d ago

pretty much :(

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u/AwDuck 12d ago

Nature is pretty unforgiving.

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u/sdyawg 21d ago

Definitely looks like a grebe with those webbed feet and how far back they are

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u/[deleted] 21d ago

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u/JustHere4the5 21d ago

Please please do this! Or r/shittyaskflying

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u/AK_Sole 21d ago

Poor little fella must’ve been knackered!

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u/somniferousSiren 21d ago

Seemed like it was a goose one

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u/isuadam 21d ago

That bird can’t walk so what’s your point?

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u/IllustriousAd9800 21d ago

Thought it was water

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u/huluvudu 21d ago

Just got back from the DC reflecting pool!

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u/xoxoBug 21d ago

It’s sad that was my first thought, what a disaster lol.

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u/Isenjil 18d ago

So does goose

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u/fyylwab 21d ago

Grebe. Not goose

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u/fyylwab 21d ago

They have a terrible time walking on land

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u/Q_S2 21d ago

Well thats the 1st time ive seen a bird do a belly landing because the landing gears were broken....

Edit: oh. Nevermind... i was wondering why that bird looked confused... apparently its because they only land or take off on water and cant walk well on solid ground

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u/SkyPork 21d ago

Not pictured: a goose.

You can tell because it was expertly kept in frame by that cameraperson.

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u/sk0t_ 21d ago

Also missing: "perfectly" in shot

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u/immersemeinnature 21d ago

That's a baby. A lost baby 😭

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u/Gotu_Jayle 19d ago

A baby who's still learning to land 😭

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u/zlliksddam 21d ago

Just some context: This shot is not that difficult when you’re accustomed to tracking a baseball going over 100mph off of a baseball bat or an outfielder springing at full speed.

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u/Apprehensive_Pug6844 21d ago

THANK YOU! (Low 3rd, off the dug out camera person)

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u/macfirbolg 20d ago

Yeah, I thought at first that this was an amateur with a cell phone or something. A pro sports camera op with a pro camera is basically just doing his job.

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u/olracnaignottus 21d ago

I’ll be. An actual silly goose.

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u/SirMatches 21d ago

Gosh darn it, you beat me to it. Your reward? A picture of a little green dude holding Dwayne "The Duck" Johnson I took today.

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u/olracnaignottus 21d ago

What a boon!

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u/CountdownMoss 21d ago

*Record Scratch* "I bet you're wondering how I got into this situation"

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u/AgaliAMC 21d ago

looks like its leg is hurt

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u/ubiquitous-joe 21d ago

This bird actually can’t take off from land and doesn’t usually walk. So not hurt necessarily but in a spot of trouble.

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u/l1v32r1d3BmX 21d ago

Came in for a water landing on a grass strip.. great save tho!

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u/tp_supreme 21d ago

What that grebe doing?

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u/vaiplantarbatata 21d ago

Did the landing gear not come down?

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u/xjmachado 21d ago

Why is it landing like that??

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u/dmj9 21d ago

More of a swimmer

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u/foxtrottits 21d ago

I think it’s something that’s not a goose but can’t remember what. They land like that in water but seems weird they would do that on land. Huh.

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u/NebulaNinja 21d ago

It 100% thought that was a mossy pond.

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u/foxfyre2 21d ago

Grebe?

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u/geekwonk 21d ago

yes exactly it seems to have forgotten what kind of animal it is right in the middle of landing

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u/djelegal 20d ago

Ran out of fuel

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u/chubbybuffalo22 21d ago

What a silly goose

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u/Silvermint2427 20d ago

That's a pied-billed grebe! Poor guy probably thought it was duck weed covered water.

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u/fatlegsauntpam 21d ago

Can't wait for the topps now card of this.

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u/OkayishMrFox 21d ago

Silly goose.

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u/Combat_Pothead 21d ago

Probably more entertaining than the game.

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u/LGGP75 21d ago

That’s a cropped video. The original shot is much wider. The goose is even blurry, so it’s really zoomed in.
There’s nothing to praise here

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u/FishyKeebs 21d ago

Feel like we need a hockey or football commentator to be calling this landing with much more excitement.

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u/orzelski 21d ago

Sports camera operators have been practicing on birds since at least the 1950s.
Festival camera operators, on the other hand, practice on flies.

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u/PRRZ70 21d ago

The way it activated its emergency brake at the end.

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u/Glittering_Virus8397 21d ago

Is that really how they land haha

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u/captainstevehiller 21d ago

Looks like ovechkin scoring 895

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u/chuckop 21d ago

Gear up landing

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u/qtestboner 21d ago

Thats one silly landing.

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u/juicelordsword 21d ago

I wonder if the bird is colorblind and thought the grass was water?

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u/Sedona7 21d ago

This famous goose is a Talisman for when the Padres beat the Dodgers!

https://giphy.com/gifs/d0ONvnIlHuRNDuXtZi

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u/Sungarn 21d ago

Not the brightest goose, bro thought that he was heading into water

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u/CopperHead90 21d ago

This is what happens when the FAA fires all their Australian mice

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u/CalGoldenBear55 19d ago

Trea Turner level of smooth.

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u/Dull_Present506 19d ago

What the FUCK are wrong with its feet?

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u/arealhumannotabot 18d ago

I’m confused. I thought baseball had the birdies, not baseball?

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u/arcticslush 18d ago

Right rudder

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u/Rifleman519 3d ago

Meanwhile there's this heroin/khat/cerebral palsy camera man

https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/s/ZaLYcd8uUr

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u/type0neg420 21d ago

🇨🇦 Bro

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u/green_man_5 21d ago

think the landing gear failed

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u/Is12345aweakpassword 21d ago

Poor thing, that’s a rough landing and bird bones are not exactly the most robust out there. Would not be shocked if he fractured some bones on that landing

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u/jabalaaba 21d ago

Isn’t that a cormorant?

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u/tiexodus 21d ago

I’m thinking a grebe

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u/browncoat47 21d ago

Yeah the feet are a dead giveaway

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u/ExplanationOk6391 21d ago

Yep it's got Coot feet not duck feet. The bill is also pretty distinctly Grebe-y

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u/zardoz73 21d ago

It's a wider shot that's been cropped. Good camerawork, but nothing amazing.