Bosque Snow Goose

Gallery: AvianPosted April 26, 2014117 views10 comments

December 3, 2013 in Keith Bauer's workshop at Bosque del Apache, Socorro, New Mexico. Snow Goose landing. Not sure what is caught in its mouth.

Nikon D4 Nikkor 600mm 1/2500 f/13 ISO160 White balance sunny

Processed in Lightroom, CS6 and NIK

Comments welcome

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Rick Cloran on April 26, 2014 at 7:24 PM

Good exposure and nice detail. The wing position is unusual which adds some interest. I would say that it has a feather in its mouth. Good job.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on April 27, 2014 at 3:58 AM

Great landing pose Patrick

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on April 27, 2014 at 8:43 AM

Very nice landing pose. Classic Bosque Snow goose pose! The goose looks a bit grey to me and looks like a lot of sharpening has been applied (especially evident around the neck).

I have to believe those camera settings were when we were having trouble with your D4. That might be what the camera reported in the EXIF, but those settings in daylight would produce a frame that is nearly black.

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on April 27, 2014 at 9:25 AM

Here's a version with the whites / blacks set using a Threshold adjustment layer to determine the best white and black point.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on April 27, 2014 at 12:02 PM

Ditto what Keith said. Love the repost and really nice stop in the action on this one Patrick.

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Comment posted by May Haga on April 27, 2014 at 4:32 PM

Excellent landing pose. Well done.
May

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on April 27, 2014 at 5:55 PM

Great landing pose you've captured Patrick!
I like the version Keith has offered, a nice improvement

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on April 27, 2014 at 7:04 PM

Nice action shot. I agree with the comments made by everyone else.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 27, 2014 at 9:00 PM

Great pose, Patrick. I agree with Keith on the gray look. Even his redo looks rather gray to me-I'm not sure what's causing it.

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Comment posted by David Haynes on April 30, 2014 at 3:26 AM

Patrick,
Great landing pose you captured here. Really gotta get there one of these days. Looks like you had fun and got some great stuff while you were there.
I agree with the gray look. The re-post is very nice. You really got that classic pose. Nice job Patrick! Looking forward to this weekend.

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