Bosque: Crane Pool: The comings and goings of snow geese

Posted by Dick Ginkowski on Tue Dec 16, 2003 2:56 am

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There are so many things I like about this shot. The colors, for one. The composition with reflections, good color and the takeoffs and landings blurred in the background.
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Model EOS 10D
Flash Used No
Focal Length 105 mm (100-400L)
Exposure Time 1/4 sec
Aperture f/8
ISO Equivalent 200

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by Carol Clarke on Tue Dec 16, 2003 4:15 am

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I like this a lot too Dick for the same reasons you mention!! You can look at this for quite a while and see all sorts of different activities and poses all going on at the same time. Its a little frozen moment in time with great colours too.

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by fredcor on Tue Dec 16, 2003 7:19 am

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This is a very good image, gives me a feeling of moment and movement. An excellent image for those, like myself, who could not be there. Are those clouds at the top, or geese in flight?

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by Cliff Beittel on Tue Dec 16, 2003 7:45 am

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Very nice image. To my eye, it would be even better cropped just below the lowest goose on the right (yes, losing the reflection) in order to eliminate most of the open water on the left. That way you have uniform activity through the frame, little empty space, and a diagonal flow from the single standing goose in the lower left corner up through the pinkish light in the upper right corner.

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by Bill Whala on Tue Dec 16, 2003 8:49 am

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I like this for all the reasons you give but I really like the snow (goose) flurry going on in the top part of the frame.

Excellent shot!!

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by Alan Melle on Tue Dec 16, 2003 9:47 am

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Lat Correa wrote:This is a very good image, gives me a feeling of moment and movement. An excellent image for those, like myself, who could not be there. Are those clouds at the top, or geese in flight?

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Those are definitely geese in flight! It's an awesome sight (and site!).

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by AlexC on Tue Dec 16, 2003 11:08 am

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Excellent Goose soup!!! Well done for 1/4 sec SS!!!
I love that Bosque!!!! Congrats!!

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by Jim Neely on Tue Dec 16, 2003 11:11 am

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Great looking shot, Dick.

All your likes are the same as mine.

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by E.J. Peiker on Tue Dec 16, 2003 11:42 am

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I like it too, especially the strong sense of stillness to motion as you move from the bottom up in the image.

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by Alan Murphy on Tue Dec 16, 2003 12:42 pm

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Dick, I like this image too. I would crop it the way Cliff mentioned.

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by Mike Wilson on Tue Dec 16, 2003 1:11 pm

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Outstanding image! A truly creative image as many of the blurs at Bosque have been. Well seen.

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by LHays on Tue Dec 16, 2003 1:17 pm

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Dick
Very nice....and interesting. I like the idea of the suggested crop. Amazing the number of blur images that can be created there....must be an infinite number.

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by Bob Boner on Tue Dec 16, 2003 2:00 pm

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Amazing image! The blurred images of the flying birds look like an OOF mirror image of the stationary ones still on the water. Very interesting effect. Thanks for sharing.

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by christoforos on Tue Dec 16, 2003 8:37 pm

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This is very nice indeed. I especially like the blurred birds in the background.
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by Neil Fitzgerald on Tue Dec 16, 2003 11:32 pm

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Dick Ginkowski wrote: There are so many things I like about this shot.

Me too.

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by Matthew Whitley on Wed Dec 17, 2003 8:59 am

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Dick,
Nice shot... I like the mix of stationary birds and motion. Matthew

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by Dick Ginkowski on Thu Dec 18, 2003 5:55 am

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Thanks, everyone. This will definitely be one of the wall prints I give away this Christmas.

I'm going to try it with and without the suggested crop. I like it both ways.

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