Snow Goose at the Bosque

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Here's another shot of a snow goose from Bosque del Apache on my recent trip where I met up with Doug Brown and his wife Kristin. I'd never seen so many geese in a single location before ... and when they took off it made it pretty difficult to pick just one to focus on!

This is a full frame shot, had to add canvas to the front to get a good comp.

Shooting Info:
Canon 5D3 | 500 f/4 II + 1.4xIII
1/1250 | f5.6 | ISO 640

[James Salywoda]

Stunning Shot!!!! This totally has a 3 dimensional look to it a wall hanger for sure well done.

[Fernando Cerra]

So much detail, beautiful light

[Diane Miller]

Wonderful shot! What would you think about lightening the beak and feet a little?

[Enrique Patino]

What an awesome image Miguel. Love everything about it.... subject, light and the awesome BG.

If it was mine I would try to remove some of the Yellow cast on the bird ... not the yellow light, but what I think are areas of yellow color cast in the darkest whites.... maybe?

[Kerry Perkins]

Very nice Miguel! It was a pleasure to meet you at Bosque.

[arash_hazeghi]

lovely pose Miguel, i like the downstroke.

[christopher galeski]

nice one,good flight pose,nice IQ,like the light.

[keith mitchell]

Beautiful light giving you a very dramatic shot.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Great light and picture-perfect downstroke of the wings. Really nicely done, and the canvas extension is seamless.

[Raybel Robles]

Beautiful Bosque light with a perfect downstroke of the wings. Well done. I may also try reducing the yellow of the head and neck just a tad bit.

[MiroslavMaric]

Beautiful flight pose. Like the details, composition and light. Well done BIF shot. TFS.

Cheers,
Miro

[Bob Smith]

What a fabulous image--I really like the golden tone in the forward part of the bird--it evokes evening sunlight and is, I think, one of the essential elements of the dramatic impact of this shot.

[gail bisson]

This is beautiful and moody.
Wouldn't change a thing!
gail

[David Salem]

Great looking down wings pose Miguel. The detail and exposure look right on too and I like the smooth BG that it's flying against. Very cool.

[Doug Brown]

Couldn't ask for a better Snow Goose pose or BG. Detail is excellent too!

[Enrique Patino]

I've noticed on my own images that some methods for taming the highlights enhance the "color cast" (for a lack of a better term) of the "whites"... and because not all white areas in the OP have that same yellow tint to them (as a result of the time of day), I wonder (as in not knowing) if the yellower areas in the chest, neck and head are "natural" or enhanced (not-optimally) by the method of controlling the whites... Could the color of the feet offer any clue?

[Diane Miller]

The extreme flexibility of raw processing can bring out colors that weren't obvious before. My answer is just to make it look the way I feel is best. Sometimes a global adjustment isn't any more the "truth" than selective adjustments, either in areas or in colors or tonalities.