Snow Geese at the end of a beautiful day....

...and tomorrow the start of new one. Why? Because I'm heading back for round 2 with these awesome subjects:cool: This image was taken at dusk. The activity was very hectic, with even more geese coming in after sunset. It is pretty hard to do this place justice on "film", especially in reduced web sizing...but I like the "end of day" feel to this one. Hope you do too!

Canon 40D + Tamron 28-75 f2.8 lens @75mm, manual exposure, evaluative metering (exposure histogram checked), 1/200s., f/6.3, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, full-frame left-to-right.

beautiful site! the evening light is super

I love the soft colours of this one. It must've been an awesome, not to mention noisy, experience to have so many birds in the one spot.

Like the lavender lake and matching sky at the top with the blue horizon. Awesome sight! Enjoy and share some more of the gorgeous shots you have been getting. TFS

Gary.

I like the dusk sky and overwhelming activity you captured here Daniel. Look forward to seeing what you get from your next trip!

Daniel:

Lovely colors, I can almost hear them.

Now, if you could just get rid of the merge between the 32nd and 33rd bird from the middle of the left side, it would be perfect:p

Have a great time tomorrow!

Randy

Nature at its best. Very well captured Daniel.

Awesome sight Daniel. Glad you are having a great time out there. I can feel it through your images. Well done and have some more fun dude. :)

Daniel, You did really well with round one-looking forward to round 2. Great colors and scene.

Daniel,

This is superb, and captures the moment and the light brilliantly.

Hey Dan, Randy got it wrong. The 2477th goose isnt as sharp as the others.;) The colours puts this over the top, and I rate the best of your goose scapes. An opportunity well used.

Wonderful evening light and colors. This really gives a feeling for the evening activity. Looking forward to more.

Daniel what an image to cap this series which I have enjoyed immensely. It captures the atmosphere for me and love the dusk colours. Thanks for sharing.

Daniel, nothing more to add, pretty much everything has been said. A wonderful job - well done!

A beautiful image. I love the soft pastel colors. Great HAs on the birds. :D

Great scene in terrific light Daniel. There are harder to compose than they seem. And also hard to crop. You've done very well.