Glowing Snow Goose

[Arthur Morris]

Here’s another one from my great day in the snow at Bosque. This Snow Goose in flight image was created with the Gitzo 3532 LS carbon fiber tripod, the Mongoose M3.6 head, the Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS II USM lens, the Canon 1.4x EF Extender III (Teleconverter), and the Canon EOS-1D X. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +2 1/3 stops off the white sky: 1/2000 sec. at f/6.3 in Manual mode. Color temperature: 7000K.
Central sensor/AI Servo/Surround Rear Focus AF active at the moment of exposure. Click here to see the latest version of the Rear Focus Tutorial.

To see more images from the snow day see "Using All the Clubs in your Bag at Bosque: Beyond Spectacular Part II" here.

As for the image, don't be shy. All comments welcome.

[Alan Murphy]

Love the subtle differences of whites in this one. Perfect comp as well. Stay warm.

[Iain Barker]

As usual a fantastic image. I like the high key exposure.
On my monitor I find it difficult to separate the bottom of the body and the back under wing from the background and wounder it this could be tweaked slightly? It may be my monitor and of course it may be what you intended.

TFS,
Iain

[Karl Egressy]

Beautiful high key presentation, excellent shooting angle nice pose and perfect composition.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Wow, that white-on-white image really shows the excellent understanding you have of exposure!

Love the fact that I can see so much details on those whites and at the same time I can tell where the separation between bird and sky happens. Really nice indeed.

[Arthur Morris]

As usual a fantastic image. I like the high key exposure.
On my monitor I find it difficult to separate the bottom of the body and the back under wing from the background and wounder it this could be tweaked slightly? It may be my monitor and of course it may be what you intended.

TFS,
Iain

Thanks Ian. You are right--there is faint dfferrentiation in the areas that you mention. But that works well for me in setting the mood. Your comment however got me thinking.... See my out-of-the box repost here.

[Arthur Morris]

ps
; I forgot to mention that there is a Digital Creations category in the contest. Link below.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Love the effect you got here, and the BG oof mountain is amazing.

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Another great (and different) image of a snow goose. Love the bg in this one more than the other too. Nicely done.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the banking pose, sharpness, exposure, OOF mountains and composition. Excellent image Arthur!

[Marina Scarr]

This image is quite unique and is really working for me. Love all the variations in the whites. Your background really sets this one apart from other snow goose images.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Artie, not easy to have pulled this off, but you have nailed the overall exposure nicely. Great work on separating the goose from the BG.

[Robert Kimbrell]

Thats a stunner Artie, That background make it for me too. Really makes me want to make it to Bosque next year.

[Shawn Zierman]

If there were a James Bond movie with the words snow goose in the title...this should be the DVD cover art. Way groovy image, with a striking bright color scheme. Way to take creative advantage of this opportunity. A fresh Bosque image.

[Arthur Morris]

Thats a stunner Artie, That background make it for me too. Really makes me want to make it to Bosque next year.

Thanks Robert. Join us! I owe you a substantial discount :).

[Arthur Morris]

If there were a James Bond movie with the words snow goose in the title...this should be the DVD cover art. Way groovy image, with a striking bright color scheme. Way to take creative advantage of this opportunity. A fresh Bosque image.

Thanks a stack, Shawn. Different is what we all need to aim for

[Holger Leyrer]

Stunning. I love that white on white Image and the BG.