Backlit Snow Goose Flight/70-200 I/2X III & 5D III

[Arthur Morris]

From Sunday morning, my last after two great weeks at Bosque.

With the handheld Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS II, the 2X III TC, and the EOS-1D Mark III. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 2/3 stops: 1/2000 sec. at f/5.6.

Don;t be shy; all comments welcome.

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[Norm Dulak]

This is an interesting photo. I like the way the light illuminates the lower portions of the wings, and the bird is beautiful. On the negative side, on my monitor, I see a blue halo on the leading edges of the wings, and a white halo on the dark portions of the trailing edges. And I don't think that the head angle is ideal.

But thanks for sharing.

[Jack Breakfast]

This is nice! I was trying this during my one excursion with the winter snow geese of Quebec. Get that head back and wait until they're right overhead and snap snap snap! You can get a real stiff neck but it's worth it, as evidenced by this particular shot. To me, those "halos" that Norm pointed out look like a natural effect from the bright light, but others may know better...I'll be curious to hear about that

[John Cooper]

Thats a cool image Art - resembles a hang-glider! The illumination from back-lighting is very effective. My eyes fail to detect any unnatural phenomena.

[Joe Senzatimore]

Very risky shooting position. Hope you brought some good lens cleaner.

[Arthur Morris]

Thats a cool image Art - resembles a hang-glider! The illumination from back-lighting is very effective. My eyes fail to detect any unnatural phenomena.

Hi John, Have you been participating more here recently? I have been enjoying your spot-on comments. I agree about the lack of unnatural phenomena aka "halos." The blue halo on the leading edge of the wing is entirely natural, the result of the leading edge of the wing actually being in shadow--the light is from behind the bird. And the "white halo" on the dark portions of the trailing edges are both miniscule and entirely natural as suggested by Mr. Breakfast. Both "halos" are present in the original files. Mr. Dulak almost always goes out of his way to point out negatives in my images whether or not they actually exist. I do agree that it would have been great to have seen both eyes equally well.

[Norm Dulak]

Hi John, Have you been participating more here recently? I have been enjoying your spot-on comments. I agree about the lack of unnatural phenomena aka "halos." The blue halo on the leading edge of the wing is entirely natural, the result of the leading edge of the wing actually being in shadow--the light is from behind the bird. And the "white halo" on the dark portions of the trailing edges are both miniscule and entirely natural as suggested by Mr. Breakfast. Both "halos" are present in the original files. Mr. Dulak almost always goes out of his way to point out negatives in my images whether or not they actually exist. I do agree that it would have been great to have seen both eyes equally well.

Thanks, Arthur, for explaining the apparent halos. As I noted, the illumination of the white portions of the wings is great, and the bird is beautiful. But I thought that if it might be possible to minimize the apparent halos, the image would be even better.

[David Salem]

I like it. The back lit wings are nice and shows the feathers perfectly. The blue sky with the clouds really makes it for me. Nice.