Ross's Goose Greets the Bosque Sunrise

[Doug Brown]

When the sweet light combines with a favorable wind direction, you get the magic of the Bosque! This Ross's Goose left the Crane Pool in search of food in the best light of the morning.



Canon 5D Mark III, 600mm II + 1.4x III, f/5.6, 1/1000, ISO 640, manual exposure, hand held

[Tim King]

Great lighting in this. Well done.

[dankearl]

This really does capture that light and especially the southwest color.
Very nice.

[Randy Stout]

Doug:

The directional lighting is excellent, with nice textures accentuated, particularly like the rings on neck. Muted BG, full up wing position, drops, all nice!

Cheers

Randy

[Nick Palmieri]

You said it all Doug, sweet light!

[laurie golden]

So nice to see a Ross's goose instead of a Snow goose. Nice water drops to add to this beautiful photo.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Doug, good flight pose with the raised wings, and just love the overall light in this. Exposure spot on, especially that we can see the detail on the neck, and that BG is sweet.

[Nancy Bell]

This is the image that everyone wants to capture and you did it perfectly! I love seeing the texture on the neck & the feather details under the wings. And of course, the sweet light makes the magic.

[Karl Egressy]

Great light, excellent shooting angle and beauty background, Doug. Love the flight pose too.

[Satish Ranadive]

Gorgeous flight pose in very very sweet golden light.
Love the Great details,rings on neck,water droplets and wonderful backdrop on which it pops up elegantly.

Regards,
Satish.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the wing position, light, exposure, composition and BG. Excellent image Doug!

[PhilCook]

Perfect right down to the droplets on the underbelly, wonderful color tones Doug

[Robert Holguin]

Beautiful shot.
I really like the flight pose, lovely light, and wonderful background.
Very well done.

[David Salem]

Great shot with beautiful wing position and light. Nicely exposed and like the comp too. Well done..

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Great light indeed. awesome exposure and IQ. I personally like Ross' geese more than their cousins. well done.

[Doug Brown]

Thanks for the feedback everyone!

[Greg Basco]

This one turned out great, Doug. Love the subtle shadowing and the warm light.

Cheers,
Greg