Calling it a day.

Gallery: AvianPosted December 23, 2012166 views9 comments

Canada geese coming in to the pond for the night. Taken in early December, I cropped to a pano to remove the darkest areas of sky at the top and some man made objects at the bottom.

D90
18-200mm
ISO 800
200mm
1/500 @ f/5.6
HH

Thanks for looking.

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on December 23, 2012 at 8:42 AM

Very nice John. I do like this type of image, and this one is done very well. I do wish there was a bit more on the bottom, but understand keeping man made objects out. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on December 23, 2012 at 9:00 AM

great colors and I like the position of the geese. I too wish there was a bit more bottom to show where the birds are headed. Nice overall feeling to this shot.

Registered on December 6, 2008, 360 Posts, 7132 Comments

Comment posted by Joana Roncero on December 23, 2012 at 9:34 AM

Great picture!. I love the colors and the birds flying. I also like your choice of cropping it as a pano.
Thanks
Joana

Registered on August 27, 2012, 17 Posts, 70 Comments

Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on December 23, 2012 at 4:16 PM

Very nice colors and good capture of the geese in landing mode. I also wish for space for them to land in, but understand the problems. I'm torn between wishing for the birds to be larger and losing that glorious sunset.

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Comment posted by Tjie Poo on December 23, 2012 at 5:29 PM

Love the sunset scene and the birds. I agree with others about showing a bit more of the bottom part. Nicely done !

Registered on December 4, 2012, 51 Posts, 511 Comments

Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on December 24, 2012 at 8:43 AM

this one is an "almost" for me, John. I love the colors and textures in the sky, the geese, the setting, but like others I feel the need for grounding the image with more horizon at the bottom (and more room for those lower geese to land in). could you revisit the scene and line up an angle that allows for vegetation all along the bottom?

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Comment posted by Greg AshworthFanch on December 26, 2012 at 11:16 PM

I love the mood of this shot, and not seeing where they are landing just adds mystery for me. Well done!

Registered on December 14, 2012, 55 Posts, 67 Comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on March 6, 2013 at 7:42 AM

I like this a lot John, works fine for me as it is..
Great atmosphere or 'mood' overall, love that sky!

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Comment posted by Verdon on March 8, 2013 at 2:12 AM

beautiful, what a great warm colors, I can imagine to have shot like is this one have on wall in my living room, excellent

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