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Bosque Snow Geese

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted June 4, 201473 views4 comments

This photo was taken December 3, 2013 at Bosque del Apache, Socorro, New Mexico in Keith Bauer's workshop. The sheer numbers of Snow Geese cannot be described. This is less than 10% of the flock flying in this formation.

Nikon D4 Nikkor 600mm lens 1/3200 f/20 ISO400 White Balance Sun RAW Processed in Lightroom. Uncropped and minimally processed.

Comments welcome and appreciated.

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4 comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on June 6, 2014 at 5:37 PM

Definitely a horde of snow geese. You've caught the flock well, with excellent sharpness and detail. Do they fly in mass near dusk and dawn? If so I wonder about the possibility of getting the geese catching some late sun with the landscape all (or mostly) in shadow.

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Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on June 6, 2014 at 11:29 PM

Mark, they do fly in mass both times and at intervals during the day. It is indescribable. Geese make a lot of noise when they fly. When there are a lot of them they make a LOT of noise.

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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on June 9, 2014 at 2:33 PM

I can't imagine seeing that many birds at once. It must've been awesome.

--P

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Comment posted by Tjie Poo on June 18, 2014 at 7:38 PM

It is beautiful ! I like it a lot ! You deserve to get 100 positive comments on this one !

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