I Love the Bosque: for David Cramer

[Doug Brown]

There's nothing quite like sunrise at the Crane Pools! Here's a Ross's Goose saying goodbye to me as it flew out one cold morning. This image is a tribute to my friend and fellow BPNer David Cramer who, like me, loved the Bosque. He passed away quite unexpectedly last week.



Canon 7D, 600mm, f/7.1, 1/1250, ISO 400, manual exposure, hand held

[Ofer Levy]

Beautiful image! Awesome light and exposure control, great BG, pose and the open beak is a real bonus. I feel the bird is a bit too close to the right.

[denise ippolito]

Doug, It's a beautiful image and tribute. The BG colors are terrific. Very nice pose and sharp details. The lighting looks great. David will be missed very much.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Doug, good angle of flight, and I like the extended wings. Well exposed, and good to see the open beak. The goose is separated from the BG so well.

[Ilija Dukovski]

Great tribute and excellent image. What I like most here is bird's expression.
Great exp and BG, flight pose too.

[Colin Knight]

Great tribute, Doug. I see you're still putting that 7D to very good use.

How did you determine what your exposure should be in manual? I've used different methods, approximations from metering on the sky then compensating....etc. I was wondering if you get it spot on the first time, or have to make minor adjustments using an estimate as a starting point.

[Daniel Cadieux]

A fitting tribute, Doug. Lovely image all around...

[Grace Scalzo]

What a lovely image and tribute to David. He will certainly be missed.

[arash_hazeghi]

Nice image, David will be missed mush.

[Jim Fenton]

I was shocked when I heard about Davids passing and still am to be honest.

Whenever I get there or look at my Bosque images, I know he'll be there.

[Doug Brown]

Hi Colin. I normally meter off of the greenish brown grass at the Bosque using evaluative metering. That gets me close. Then I take a sample frame of a goose and adjust my exposure using blinkies as a guide. I like a few blinkies in my RAW files. Since geese fly as the sun is rising, I'm constantly changing my exposure to deal with steadily increasing light.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Doug,
Sweet capture and fitting tribute. I was stunned to say the least when I heard the news.....he will be missed!

[Colin Knight]

Thanks very much, Doug, for your explanation.

[Bonnie Block]

Lovely tribute, Doug. David will be missed. I am sure he would enjoy this image alot.

[Nate Chappell]

Great shot and a fitting tribute to David. Very sorry to hear of his passing.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Nice gesture Doug. Loved this shot a lot. The light puts it over the top. You have handled it so well here.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Great tribute Doug, love that warm light. David will be missed for sure.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Great tribute indeed Bhai.. nice expo, good sharpness, pose and BG.. great work