I’m sorry you lost most of your limbs. Next time, can I recommend a nice 300mm telephoto?

I gave the pic an upvote, but wonder if it was worth the risk of being annihilated to get the shot.

You're getting some serious stink-eye.

That's close enough for normal geese, let along mother goose with babies nearby.

I remember them being friendly as a kid. There was one that I called Noodleneck that loved head scratches that would run up to me and try to put his head in my hand. Now I sit on the bench at the top of the hill in my bike commute and Deathbeak XVII keeps coming up from behind the bench to nip at my butt. Its a weird spot to see a goose too but he's there at least once a week.

Photographer leaving the scene:

Da widdle face!

And in your "more explicit" shot, the way the baby is just obliviously safe to explore the whole world at its own little pace.

Obviously you also got good detail on the adult but it's the baby who makes these shots special.