Snow Goose Landing

Gallery: AvianPosted December 10, 2013109 views5 comments

December 4, 2013 Bosque del Apache

The grace of these birds as they glide in, hover and find an open spot to land is very beautiful.

Nikon D4 Nikkor 600mm ISO 160 1/2500 f/16 White balance sun
Tripod, Wimberley Gimball Processed in Lightroom, CS6 and NIK

Comments welcome

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Comment posted by John Neukirch on December 10, 2013 at 9:24 PM

Love that position with the head and feet forward and the wings set back. They are fascinating to watch aren't they. Perfect light and shadow. Dynamite focus and sharpness. You might consider cloning out the OOF goose under the wing though.

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Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on December 10, 2013 at 9:28 PM

John,
Good observation, I considered doing that, but decided not to because of the other OOF geese in the pict. I will try do it and repost.

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Comment posted by John Neukirch on December 10, 2013 at 9:30 PM

Just a thought Patrick, maybe also those two on the left.

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

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on December 10, 2013 at 10:18 PM

Sweet, Patrick. Very nice light and I like the shadow of the head on the breast.

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Comment posted by David Bogener on December 11, 2013 at 10:37 AM

Nice snow goose landing composition. I always struggle with composing and cropping these as there are almost always OOF geese in the background or foreground. Dave

Registered on October 30, 2013, 417 Posts, 1255 Comments