White-fronted geese

Gallery: AvianPosted December 17, 20161,097 views9 comments

Haven't had much time to photograph lately, but here is one from last March. Most of the white-fronts had migrated north by this time, but there were still a few around. I liked the morning light on these birds along with the snow-capped coast range. To me, there is nothing quite like watching waterfowl land. D800e, Sigma 150-600 @ 600, F9, 1/2000, ISO 1000. Any helpful comments would be appreciated.

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Comment posted by John Tobias on December 17, 2016 at 9:26 AM

I have no comments on changes to this image, I like it as it is! the position of the 3 geese is great, good details and colors. Also like the BG. If anything, maybe a slight reduction of the green area in the FG. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Pete Bengeyfield on December 17, 2016 at 9:51 AM

Great combination of light, BG, and geese. You positioned the geese just right too.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on December 17, 2016 at 1:43 PM

Nice group landing you captured here ! Love the BG as well. Great work, cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on December 17, 2016 at 2:07 PM

Hi Jim,

Pretty nice sequence of movement of theses geese.I don't think that I would change anything. Geese are fairly sharp and the mountains are a nice feature to have in this image...................Jim

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on December 17, 2016 at 4:40 PM

Nice to see you post again, Jim. This is a really sweet landing shot with the geese lined up nicely across the frame.

devil

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on December 17, 2016 at 9:02 PM

Haven't seen you posting much for a while, Jim. Welcome back.

Very nice light on these speckle-bellies, in an attractive setting. If it were mine, I might crop out some of the out-of-focus grassy foreground; it doesn't add much.

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Comment posted by Jefferson Silva on December 18, 2016 at 7:54 AM

Very nice.
My first impression was that the image was made of three different shots, combined.
Nice light.

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Comment posted by David Schoen on December 18, 2016 at 6:29 PM

What I like about this is that all three geese are in progressively different positions as they come in for a landing. They really stand out well against the mountain background. The light is wonderful.

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Comment posted by David Bogener on December 21, 2016 at 5:41 PM

Well captured. Nice light and landing poses on all three geese. The background Coast Range makes the image for me. Heading for Sac Refuge in the morning. Hope to capture one like this. Thanks for posting, Dave

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