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Fall is in the Air
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Fall is in the Air

by SandyRichardsBrown

Gallery: AvianPosted September 17, 2011275 views20 comments
D300s
500mm
1/2000 sec, f/6.3
Mode: Manual
Metering: Center-weighted average
ISO: 1250
AF mode: AF-C
White balance: AUTO

Comments

20 comments
Comment posted by Avi Hirschfield on September 17, 2011 at 5:12 PM
I like the way that the bird is stretching his neck forward .
Also great feather detail in the wing
Great fligh tshot :wink:
Registered on November 1, 2003, 518 Posts, 2114 Comments
Comment posted by John Blumenkamp on September 17, 2011 at 7:44 PM
Nice work Sandy!
Registered on February 26, 2011, 58 Posts, 313 Comments
Comment posted by Glenn Woznick on September 17, 2011 at 10:20 PM
Hi Sandy,awsome pic, love the background..
Registered on May 7, 2011, 13 Posts, 29 Comments
Comment posted by Charles Gangas on September 17, 2011 at 11:06 PM
Very nice BIF image Sandy. Great detail in the bird and lovely background. :toast:
Registered on August 12, 2009, 544 Posts, 2414 Comments
Comment posted by Peter Cross on September 17, 2011 at 11:21 PM
Wow, this looks like an image from a Federal duck stamp. So nicely done. You caught the wings in the absolute down position with the head stretched far in front. Excellent BG still evokes a natural habitat and super color and detail in both the whites and the blacks. As nice a snow goose image as can be had.

Peter
Registered on April 3, 2010, 271 Posts, 1342 Comments
Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on September 17, 2011 at 11:50 PM
Lovely shot Sandy, really like the streamlined aerodynamic shape of this bird in flight.
Registered on March 1, 2011, 154 Posts, 2083 Comments
Comment posted by Bill Leggett on September 18, 2011 at 10:43 AM
Excellent flight image, Sandy! BG is superb. Well done!
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Comment posted by Carol Nichols on September 18, 2011 at 10:44 AM
Sandy, terrific BIF shot of this bird, but I especially like the background. Sometimes I get tired of a solid, blurred background behind a bird and enjoy a background where you can see some of the bird's environment as in this case I can see the grasses, shubbery, trees and then sky. Very nice.
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Comment posted by May Haga on September 18, 2011 at 2:53 PM
Great flight shot Sandy. Huge flocks of snows are beginning to arrive here so maybe this year I will get some 'great'
shots!!
May
Registered on February 22, 2007, 714 Posts, 8470 Comments
Comment posted by Sally King on September 18, 2011 at 6:37 PM
Very nice wing position. Nicely blurred background. Very good exposure on the blacks and whites.
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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on September 18, 2011 at 6:42 PM
Sweet flight shot, Sandy. Excellent job on the exposure.
:toast:
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Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on September 18, 2011 at 7:13 PM
Beautiful flight shot Sandy. My knowledge of birds is limited so could you please tell me what it is? Best guess: Snow goose. Also love the background blur and colors. :toast:
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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on September 18, 2011 at 7:28 PM
Very nice BIF. Good wing position; nice detail and exposure.
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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on September 18, 2011 at 8:50 PM
Nice flight shot Sandy, background is really nice.

Ray
Registered on May 27, 2011, 92 Posts, 2619 Comments
Comment posted by Doug Backlund on September 18, 2011 at 10:39 PM
Wow, that background is fantastic. Beautiful photo of a snow goose.
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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on September 19, 2011 at 11:24 PM
Nice flight shot you have here Sandy, but the BG is what makes this one a little different for me. I like the color palette a lot. It really does say "Fall".
Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments
Comment posted by Dan Roberts on September 20, 2011 at 1:06 AM
Nice clean image with great detail. White and black well handled. Nice job.

So down there does fall mean the geese are arriving or leaving?
Registered on March 9, 2011, 69 Posts, 501 Comments
Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on September 20, 2011 at 1:41 AM
Dan, the Sacramento and SF Bay area (and other CA spots) have many refuges where the geese/ducks/cranes winter over. Some are just starting to arrive. When the serious rains start in another month, they will be here in huge quantities.
We are on the Pacific Flyway, so other birds stop only briefly in their longer migration.
Sandy
Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments
Comment posted by Jim Hackley on September 20, 2011 at 6:46 PM
Excellent flight shot with a wonderful background, the larger image looks great, nice job in getting this shot Sandy, way to go.
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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on September 20, 2011 at 10:51 PM
Nice one Sandy. Great soft light and bg
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