Comin' & Goin'

Gallery: AvianPosted January 4, 2014793 views10 comments

Pretty much no matter where you are at the Bosque, the snow geese keep coming and going, moving from the ponds in the morning, and from field to field all day, and then back to the ponds at night. It was awesome having them always around for when other bird shooting wasn't ideal, and they are great practice for flight shots. This particular am, I skipped the crane pools and went right to the farm field to greet them coming in to feed. I still haven't figured out how they don't injure each other!

50D, 700mm, ISO 200, 1/400, F11 LARGER version provided.
Thanks for looking/commenting/critiquing! I always appreciate it! Sharon

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by John Neukirch on January 4, 2014 at 2:52 PM

WOW! The BG works really well for this image, soft and delicate which makes the geese pop. Your choice of F11 worked well also as all the birds are pretty dang sharp. Well done.

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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on January 4, 2014 at 3:44 PM

Very nice, Sharon, and smart choice using a smaller aperture to get good focus on the flock. I tried several of these on my recent trip but without the same success - mostly just mayhem.

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Comment posted by Basri Akcasoy on January 4, 2014 at 5:10 PM

I like this type of group BIF images, very nice shot.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on January 4, 2014 at 8:28 PM

A wonderful group flight shot in good light with a complimentary background. These are difficult shots to pull off and look good but you have certainly done that. Way to cool Sharon, excellent shot.

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on January 4, 2014 at 9:14 PM

cool shot, Sharon. great backdrop. these guys must have been a long ways off to get so many (and so many sharp) at 700mm!

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on January 4, 2014 at 9:39 PM

A nice flock shot, Sharon. Usually, I look for some kind of focal point in these, but I found my eye used the hills in the bg for that. In retrospect, puting that notch at the lower right 1/3 point might have been even better, but I still like this. Lovely light.

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Comment posted by Mark Jenkins on January 5, 2014 at 12:31 PM

Overall a very nice image with good DOF. We have thousands of Snow Geese down here on the Gulf Coast too. Saw a flock like this one at the Anahuac NWR near Houston recently.

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on January 7, 2014 at 6:37 AM

Love the colors, wonderful shot, they do seem to be going in almost every direction. You really captured this well,

Ray

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Comment posted by Ralph Kerr on January 10, 2014 at 8:15 PM

Sharon, I like that you used a DOF that kept most of the geese in focus. A good flight shot.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on February 2, 2014 at 8:39 AM

Wonderful comings & goings Sharon!!
I really like the BG, a strong sense of place.
Excellent

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