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Axel Hildebrandt
03-22-2010, 08:26 PM
Another image I made at Middle Creek a few days ago. The overcast sky helped with the exposure.

http://www.pbase.com/axelhi/image/122768237/original.jpg

1D4, 500f4, 1.4x, 1/1250s, f/8, ISO 400, manual exposure
Grace Scalzo
03-22-2010, 08:32 PM
Axel, I have truly enjoyed this series. Perfect exposure, backgrounds, etc. Very artful and pleasing.
Axel Hildebrandt
03-22-2010, 08:34 PM
Axel, I have truly enjoyed this series. Perfect exposure, backgrounds, etc. Very artful and pleasing.

Thanks, Grace! You should join me next year. It's amazing to see over 100,000 of them. This year there were 120,000 at the peak time.
Laura Pipkin
03-22-2010, 08:44 PM
Great pose and perfect exposure. I love the dark background, it really sets the bird off nicely!
Dave Leroy
03-22-2010, 09:41 PM
Sharp as a tack as well.

Good for you Axel.
Gail Spitler
03-22-2010, 10:15 PM
Axel - this bg is so perfect for a very well posed BIF
Congrats
Cheers
Gail
Juan Carlos Vindas
03-22-2010, 11:03 PM
Sorry Axel, I have missed the other posts but I can see from here why this is so popular! love that BG and under wing details.
John Blumenkamp
03-23-2010, 12:06 AM
I had the same thought as others when viewing - the background is ideal for the goose, and that's due to the great exposure. Nice work!
Kiran Poonacha
03-23-2010, 08:25 AM
Love your imageas Bhai, great pose and the Bg makes the bird pop out well...
Jim Fenton
03-23-2010, 08:31 AM
Like to other images in this series, I like everything about it technically and I think that the background is really nice for this type of image.

To my eyes, I'd like to see the subject just a bit higher in the frame on this one.
Kaustubh Deshpande
03-23-2010, 09:12 AM
Axel, simple, clean and beautiful. I have liked this whole series. agree with all the good stuff others have said.
Stu Bowie
03-23-2010, 09:44 AM
This guy seems stockier than the others. Exposure spot on, and I still remember commenting on how great the BG is, in one of your earlier post of these guys.
Fabs Forns
03-23-2010, 09:56 AM
To my eyes, I'd like to see the subject just a bit higher in the frame on this one.

With all due respect, Jim, if the goose is flying up and it is very obvious it is, the negative space should be up ahead of him. Placing him higher would put him past his optimal flight position IMO.
It was about time we disagreed, no? :)

Gorgeous sky and perfect whites.
Axel Hildebrandt
03-23-2010, 12:01 PM
With all due respect, Jim, if the goose is flying up and it is very obvious it is, the negative space should be up ahead of him. Placing him higher would put him past his optimal flight position IMO.
It was about time we disagreed, no? :)


Thanks for the comments, Jim and Fabs! The slight upward flight angle is why I cropped it this way. I tried a tighter crop first but didn't like it as much.
Markus Jais
03-23-2010, 02:48 PM
Axel, I love your Goose shots. This one is wonderful. Wing pose, sharpness, composition, exposure, BG: everything perfect.

Markus