Mama, Papa and Kids

Gallery: AvianPosted February 23, 201198 views5 comments

Spring at Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge in northwest Missouri. It is a major stop over for migratory waterfowl. There can be well over half a million snow geese here in the fall along with a large population of Bald Eagles. This was taken last spring. Cropped to pano. As always all comments are welcome.

Canon 30D
Tokina 80-400
Aperture Priority
Shutter 1/2000
Aperture f5.6
ISO 400
400mm

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Terry Sohl on February 23, 2011 at 8:47 PM

Birds? I don't see any birds! With that trademark head position when threatened, they just kind of blend into the background...they're so clever.

Neat shot. I love Squaw Creek. I used to drive from here to Rolla, Mizzou a couple of times a year for work, and I always made a point to stop there.

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on February 24, 2011 at 7:47 AM

Great job on sharpness on mama and papa. Not possible to get the little fuzzies sharp. ;) Really nice shot, Richard.

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Comment posted by Michael Lotito on February 24, 2011 at 5:54 PM

It really portrays this family of geese nicely. Mom and dad protecting the future generation. The message it sends is very touching.

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Comment posted by Jenaya Launstein on February 25, 2011 at 9:18 PM

Nice picture! I love the sharpness and the reflections in the water.

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on February 26, 2011 at 5:39 PM

Richard,

This is a nice family portrait, it has beautiful light and details. If you have more room on the left side I would leave more there so as to not clip the tail of the adult and a touch more room on the right would balance the composition more too.

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