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River of Red
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River of Red

by Carol Hyman

Gallery: AvianPosted December 14, 2010226 views10 comments
The is the sky as it appeared at 6:39 AM on our second day of shooting at Bosque del Apache.
No, the red skies didn't predict rain; rather had I been wiser, I might have realized that a bone chilling, toe numbing cold front was moving in, even as the hundreds of snow geese blasted off into the unknown.

D700
500 f/4 lens
Autofocus
f/8
ISO 800
Matrix mode

I think what intrigues me about this image is the color and texture of the sky.

Thanks for viewing and leaving your comments and suggestions.

Carol

Comments

10 comments
Comment posted by Avi Hirschfield on December 14, 2010 at 11:27 PM
Very dramatic @ CHILLY
Registered on November 1, 2003, 518 Posts, 2114 Comments
Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on December 15, 2010 at 2:42 AM
Carol, wonderful sky and layers! Great silhouettes.
Any possibility of more room to the left to balance the birds a bit?
Sandy
Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments
Comment posted by Christopher Dodds on December 15, 2010 at 6:23 AM
Wow, now that's a sky. Lovely, Carol. About the only thing that might make this better is loosing the bird that is cut off on the left edge.
Registered on October 14, 2010, 9 Posts, 46 Comments
Comment posted by Karen Summers on December 15, 2010 at 6:37 AM
fabulous colours
Registered on December 3, 2009, 83 Posts, 818 Comments
Comment posted by Doug Gilham on December 15, 2010 at 5:44 PM
The skies at Bosque can be very dramatic (and the weather very chilly in the morn) and you've captured that here Carol. Love the textures and color as well.
Registered on September 20, 2009, 77 Posts, 489 Comments
Comment posted by Albert Darmo on December 15, 2010 at 7:09 PM
Hi Carol :wavey: I think you captured this scene beautifully. The silhouetted geese against the amazing red sky works very well :cool: :smile:
Albert Darmo. Canada
Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments
Comment posted by Dennis Plank on December 15, 2010 at 10:35 PM
Cool light and textures in this, Carol. I like the long string of geese. Very nice image. :toast:
Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments
Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on December 16, 2010 at 12:55 AM
Carol:
Wow :eek: Dramatic. :toast:
Registered on September 1, 2009, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments
Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on December 16, 2010 at 1:13 PM
A wonderful sky, Carol. The cloud textures are as interesting as the colors. And it's always wonderful when the birds cooperate, isn't it?
Registered on August 28, 2006, 1240 Posts, 8506 Comments
Comment posted by Ron Huff on December 16, 2010 at 7:29 PM
Awesome color and image, Carol.

Ron Huff
Registered on August 31, 2010, 69 Posts, 440 Comments