Incoming Snow Goose

Gallery: AvianPosted January 27, 2013364 views17 comments

Bosque, Dec 2012

I intentionally left the 2 OOF geese to add interest-thoughts?
Also chose F4 to allow a bit of wing-blur - otherwise I'd have 5000 nearly-the-same images from Bosque!

D800
500mm
1/1250 sec, f/4
Mode: Av
Metering: Spot
Exp comp: +1/3
ISO: 640
AF mode: AF-C
White balance: AUTO1

Comments

17 comments

Comment posted by Verdon on January 27, 2013 at 8:07 PM

Sweet pose, nice soft light

Registered on June 10, 2011, 147 Posts, 1444 Comments

Comment posted by Keith Bauer on January 27, 2013 at 8:24 PM

Hi Sandy: Classic Snow Goose landing pose. The 2 OOF geese don't bother me much. I'm not fond of the split background right in the middle.

Registered on November 20, 2003, 458 Posts, 4836 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on January 27, 2013 at 8:43 PM

Ok, a bit of a different crop that I agree is better - thanks, Keith.
Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on January 27, 2013 at 9:41 PM

The OOF geese don't bother me Sandy. Nice capture and classic pose.

Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Marsh on January 27, 2013 at 9:58 PM

Hi Sandy
The OOF geese do not bother me at all either. Its amazing you were able to get his head in focus between his wings. Shooting at f4 with a 500mm lenses gives you little DOF. Great capture!

Registered on December 29, 2012, 21 Posts, 225 Comments

Comment posted by Marlise Launstein on January 28, 2013 at 2:32 AM

Wow! You just got his head in the photo! I like the sharpness, his pose, and the colors.

Registered on August 31, 2011, 28 Posts, 175 Comments

Comment posted by James Allen on January 28, 2013 at 6:24 AM

Nice job balancing wing blur and sharpness and capturing this excellent pose

Registered on December 10, 2012, 14 Posts, 232 Comments

Comment posted by John Neukirch on January 28, 2013 at 8:08 AM

A warm and inviting image. He seems to be saying "peek-a-boo".

Registered on July 9, 2012, 207 Posts, 1476 Comments

Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on January 28, 2013 at 8:53 AM

sweet light and a nice pose, Sandy. I prefer the original where the bird has more room to land. I'd suggest that the blur (at least in the near wing, not sure about the far) is motion blur, not due to the f/4, since the wingtip appears to be between the head and the outer edge of the wing, which are both in focus.

Registered on March 21, 2009, 202 Posts, 4187 Comments

Comment posted by Balan Vinod on January 28, 2013 at 10:43 AM

Sandy this beautiful ....when i clicked on the thumbnail ..i only wanted the head to be visible ..and its there ..beautifully done image ..gorgeous two tone bg ....one very small nit ..could be my monitor ..looks one very very bit hot ..

Balan Vinod

Registered on March 20, 2006, 889 Posts, 2312 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on January 28, 2013 at 10:58 AM

The coors, subject, and light almost scream Bosque del Apache.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1031 Posts, 12705 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on January 28, 2013 at 12:33 PM

Gorgeous light and you actually managed to get a catchlight out of one of these-something I found very difficult. The oof geese do pull my eye a bit.

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Archer on January 28, 2013 at 2:56 PM

Incredible light, great subject captured beautifully. Sweet One Sandy

I'm going to have to get back down there one of these days.

Ken Archer

Registered on October 28, 2004, 222 Posts, 6683 Comments

Comment posted by Wayne Willison on January 28, 2013 at 4:21 PM

The new crop is better, and I really like the bg orange color as it ties in with the bill and feet colors. Love how you caught the wings and head. Nice work, Sandy.

Registered on April 10, 2009, 292 Posts, 3967 Comments

Comment posted by Rob Drummond on January 29, 2013 at 2:38 AM

Beautiful light and wing postion Sandy

Registered on November 8, 2003, 617 Posts, 8267 Comments

Comment posted by Graham Brown on January 29, 2013 at 12:14 PM

Perfect pose on this Sandy. Really like the pastel colours. Persomally I would have more room at the bottom and less at the top because he looks as though he is landing

Registered on November 20, 2007, 275 Posts, 1365 Comments

Comment posted by Harry Harris on February 1, 2013 at 12:30 PM

Great image that brings back my memories of the Bosque from last year. I do like the comp with the OOF birds in the bg.

Registered on August 2, 2010, 169 Posts, 741 Comments