Snowgeese into the Morning Sun

[Terry Olmsted]

My position was such that I had no choice but to shoot into the sun. I liked the setting and amazing site/sounds so made the best of the rather flat original image. This is full frame and taken on Fir Island, Skagit Flats, near Conroy, Washington on Nov. 3, 2007.

I originally posted another version of this image on "eager to learn." I used a Fab Forns' suggestion to come up with this version. If there is any interest I will post the original frame.

Canon 400D 400mm f5.6L 1/4000s f5.6 ISO 800 exp comp 0

[Josh O'Donnell]

Terry, I really like the warm feel of this image... The sun bursting through the haze is very nice. As for composition, I really like how the geese sort of form a funnel-shape headed toward the dip on the right in the background vegetation, as if they're flying towards an opening. However, the very right edge where the vegetation starts to rise again blocks that opening and thus I would crop off the right edge... I feel like that rise doesn't fit in with the flow of the image. I also find the dark grass along the bottom of the image to be somewhat distracting but removing that is personal preference.

[Maxis Gamez]

This is fantastic. Love the light and composition. Excellent work!

[Fabs Forns]

I am glad to see it here :)

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Gorgeous capture with an incrdible composition and lighting.

[Terry Olmsted]

Thanks Josh, Maxis, Fabs, and Judy for the encouraging and helpful comments! The BPN interaction is a great learning experience.
Terry

[Bonnie Block]

Fabulous, Terry--just one awesome image! Well done!

[Glenn Bartley]

This one has such a nice feel. So gorgeous.

[Tony Whitehead]

This is lovely, Terry. Great job

[Terry Olmsted]

Thanks very much Bonnie, Glenn, and Tony for the comments!

[Anita Rakestraw]

Definitely a beauty, Terry! Good going!

[Dan O'Leary]

For such a beautiful image you don't need to do so much explaining, Terry. ;-)

You did a nice job with the improvements from your original post in Eager to Learn. Much greater impact as presented here.

[D. Robert Franz]

Excellent image in all regards....

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

WOW!!!!!
Fantastic shot!

[Caroline Darmo]

I've been staring at this image for a while, it's really gorgeous & artistic. An image to be proud of for sure.

[Terry Olmsted]

Thanks all for the very encouraging comments!

[Marko Matesic]

Just wow :)

[Travis Novitsky]

Superb. I like this version better than the other one. The sun rays are more prominent in this version as well.

[John Ippolito]

Everything about this image is excellent. Beautiful work.

[Terry Olmsted]

Thanks very much, Marko, Travis, and John for your very kind comments. I have a couple of other images from that same morning that I will post over the next few days for your comment and suggestions.