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    Axel Hildebrandt
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    Default Calling Snow Goose

    Another image I made at Middle Creek a few days ago. The overcast sky helped with the exposure.



    1D4, 500f4, 1.4x, 1/1250s, f/8, ISO 400, manual exposure

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    Axel, I have truly enjoyed this series. Perfect exposure, backgrounds, etc. Very artful and pleasing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grace Scalzo View Post
    Axel, I have truly enjoyed this series. Perfect exposure, backgrounds, etc. Very artful and pleasing.
    Thanks, Grace! You should join me next year. It's amazing to see over 100,000 of them. This year there were 120,000 at the peak time.

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    Great pose and perfect exposure. I love the dark background, it really sets the bird off nicely!

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    Sharp as a tack as well.

    Good for you Axel.

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    Axel - this bg is so perfect for a very well posed BIF
    Congrats
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    Gail

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    Sorry Axel, I have missed the other posts but I can see from here why this is so popular! love that BG and under wing details.

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    I had the same thought as others when viewing - the background is ideal for the goose, and that's due to the great exposure. Nice work!

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    Love your imageas Bhai, great pose and the Bg makes the bird pop out well...

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    Like to other images in this series, I like everything about it technically and I think that the background is really nice for this type of image.

    To my eyes, I'd like to see the subject just a bit higher in the frame on this one.

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    Axel, simple, clean and beautiful. I have liked this whole series. agree with all the good stuff others have said.

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    This guy seems stockier than the others. Exposure spot on, and I still remember commenting on how great the BG is, in one of your earlier post of these guys.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim Fenton View Post

    To my eyes, I'd like to see the subject just a bit higher in the frame on this one.
    With all due respect, Jim, if the goose is flying up and it is very obvious it is, the negative space should be up ahead of him. Placing him higher would put him past his optimal flight position IMO.
    It was about time we disagreed, no? :)

    Gorgeous sky and perfect whites.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fabs Forns View Post
    With all due respect, Jim, if the goose is flying up and it is very obvious it is, the negative space should be up ahead of him. Placing him higher would put him past his optimal flight position IMO.
    It was about time we disagreed, no? :)
    Thanks for the comments, Jim and Fabs! The slight upward flight angle is why I cropped it this way. I tried a tighter crop first but didn't like it as much.

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    Axel, I love your Goose shots. This one is wonderful. Wing pose, sharpness, composition, exposure, BG: everything perfect.

    Markus

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