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    Default Great-tailed Grackle Bosque Grackle Sunrise

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    This image was created at 6:33am on Monday, DEC 2, the second full day of the 4-day IPT. I used the Gitzo 3532 LS carbon fiber tripod), the Mongoose M3.6 head, Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS II USM lens, theCanon Extender EF 1.4X III, and the Canon EOS 7D Mark II. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 stop as framed: 1/30 at f/8 in Tv Mode. Color temperature: 7,000K.
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    Bosque has been rocking a dawn and dusk. Pretty much dead in between. Learn more about this image here . And check out my State of the Bosque blog post here.

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    Fire in the sky, lovely image. The birds complete the image. Thank you for sharing.
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    Certainly worth being there at dawn and dusk to get a excellent image like this, colours are superb.

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    Beautiful canvas with pleasing colors. The blur is just the right amount. I like the two leading birds with the up wing pose. Great composition.

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    Excellent image Arthur. I like the colours, blur and birds fit in the frame perfectly.

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    An interesting image. On looking closely at many of the individual bird images the mind plays tricks, sometimes seeing geese flying L to R and others seeing Grackles ( a long tailed bird ) flying R to L. As beautifully shown here I envy the interplay of orange and yellow light you get at Bosque--occasionally here we get orange but rarely rarely yellow too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bob Smith View Post
    An interesting image. On looking closely at many of the individual bird images the mind plays tricks, sometimes seeing geese flying L to R and others seeing Grackles ( a long tailed bird ) flying R to L.
    Very cool observation Bob!! I do see the "geese"!!

    This is about as different a grackle image one can get, really nicely done Artie. The colours are out of this world. Wondering if you can add a touch of canvas below as I do find the lowest bird close to the edge, especially its' red blurred wing "extension".

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    Bob and Dan,

    Thanks. I did not see the geese either :). What is the third species (or family) in the image???

    This is a tiny crop from the rear. I made this version to enter in a few contests so did not want to add any canvas below (though it needs it). It was an amazing morning.
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    Artie, there are surely no geese in the image, it is just an optical illusion (perhaps that is what you are acknowledging): The same individual bird can either look like a goose flying pointing to our right, or a grackle flying pointing to our left. A pretty cool illusion as pointed out by Bob.

    As for a "third" species. I do not know but I am curious as to what it is. Maybe Red-winged Blackbird. I'm sure it will be an "a-ha" revelation :-)
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    Nope. When I read your and Bob's comments (not too carefully) I thought that the two grackles were indeed one goose. As for the other species I am pretty sure that there are six blackbirds in the mix, probably redwings.
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