Snow Goose

[Doug Brown]

With the right wind direction and light angle, I thoroughly enjoy photographing the Snow Geese as they take off and land at the Bosque. This image is almost full frame.

Canon 1D Mark IV, 600mm + 1.4x, f/7.1, 1/2000, ISO 400, manual exposure, hand held

[Mital Patel]

doug this is extra ordinary skill presentation to handhold 600 and take flight shot with such a perfect freeze. awesome.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Sure I will reach you before you do, great work Doug bhai.. really loved the angle, great light, pose... it has it all.. loved it.

[Charles Scheffold]

Hand held? Wow nice work. You can see the struggle to take off in the bird's face and body. Well captured.

Charles

[Ryan Schain]

Impressive shot, especially with such an annoyingly difficult exposure

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Doug, this is awesome. Terrific wing position, bird angle, light and whites. Loved the feet down pose.

[Andrew Merwin]

Beautiful image with great exposure & sharpness. I like the wing position & the BG. HH a 600mm? Impressive. Do you lift weights?

[Peter Farrell]

Beautiful, Doug. I like the detail in the head, neck, wings and especially the feet. Great soft BG.
Peter

[Harshad Barve]

I am loving those whites here Doug , super shot
TFS

[Troy Lim]

Great shot Doug. Exposure is spot on as always. Handholding again. :)
It was great to meet you. Let's go shoot when you are in FL.

[Sid Garige]

Brilliant pose Doug.

[Bhushan Dalvi]

Doug, nicely capture with great BG.

[Katie Rupp]

Perfect exposure as always, Doug! I love the detail in the wing and beautifu bg.

[Joerg Rockenberger]

Well, that's just great. Exposure, sharpness, lovely background and pose of course. And handheld at 600*1.4*1.3??? You're such a poser. :)

JR

PS: maybe just a bit tight...

[James Salywoda]

Stunning Image! I love the pose captured and that bg is so sweet the goose really
looks great against it.

[Stu Bowie]

Doug, I like the landing posture with the swept back wings. Good exposure throughout, sharp, and I like the smooth BG. Must be fun to have endless opportunities to shoot these guys.

[Doug Brown]

Thanks for the comments everyone. Much appreciated!