Spur-Winged Geese

[Stu Bowie]

Its still three and a half weeks before I leave for my summer holidays in Cape Town. Here is an image from last december from one of the locations I will be frequenting. This was captured early morning, and as a large flock of these Geese flew over me, I had to try and single out some individuals, and these two came into my frame nicely. The slight yellow cast is from the early light, and although I have removed some of the cast already, Ive left this to show the early morning light. There is a multitude of different species at this location - cant wait to get back.

Canon 1D Mark IV
Canon 300F/2.8 +2X TC = 600mm
1/2500
F/6.3
ISO 400

Hand held.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice to have an up wing and a down stroke individuals in the same frame, Stu.
The light is excellent, shooting angle is good. Well taken.

[Steve Kaluski]

Nice light Stu, be great if you can get three in frame next time, as it reminds me of the ones people used to fix to a room wall :bg3:.

TFS
Steve

[keith mitchell]

I am envious Stu just the botanical gardens in Cape town made my holiday. Lovely flight shot with great light.

Keith.

[William Dickson]

Beautiful lighting Stu. I like the detail on both birds and they contrast well against the BG. Wished we got lovely geese like those.


Will

[Randy Stout]

Stu:

Nice to have some clouds to give some depth, agree about the up stroke/down stroke combination of wing positions. Well exposed.

Good luck on your 'summer vacation". Sounds odd here in the northern US.

Cheers

Randy

[Jim Crosswell]

Excellent image Stu! I like the wing positions, IQ, exposure and composition.

[Bill Dix]

Nice capture with two good wing positions, and lovely light.

[Ross Taylor]

Hi Stu,

I really like how you have captured one with wings up, and the other with wings down. Nice blue sky and clouds in the BG. Great composition using the pano crop.

TFS
Ross

[Stu Bowie]

Thanks a stack for all the feedback everyone. Always appreciated.

[Gabriela Plesea]

Hello Stu!

Perfectly exposed and beautiful light, well framed and presented!

Enjoyed this, very much, hope you have some more opportunities in December, glad it's CT and not KZN - we still have no water around here and not sure where all the birds have gone!?!

Warmest regards,