Theme: Bosque Dreamin'

[Doug Brown]

The Festival of the Cranes is just a few short weeks away. I went through some unprocessed RAW files from 2010 yesterday and found this frame. Brings back pleasant memories! This Snow Goose has a 3D look to it due to the even BG and subtle shading on the body. Hope you like it!



Canon 1D Mark IV, 600mm + 1.4x, f/7.1, 1/3200, ISO 400, manual exposure, hand held

[Jonathan Ashton]

What a super shot, love the exposure detail and pose, I also like the trailing wing coming from the top left corner.

[Mital Patel]

everythings perfect about this image doug.

just loved every pixel of it.

[Randy Stout]

Doug:

Good comp, techs and BG. Yes, strong 3D effect with good separation from the BG.

Cheers

Randy

[Robert Holguin]

Excellent flight shot. Great wing position and excellent composed.
Well done.

[Stu Bowie]

Great swept back wing position, and you have exposed the whites very well, sharp, and of course, the goose pops nicely from the darker BG.

[Raymond Lee]

Great exposure of the whites. Nice dark BG that makes the goose pop out. The framing is very good.
We have thousands of Snow Geese and Swans stopping over in our area, you guys will be getting them soon.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

great whites as usual. I especially like the dynamic pose and the diagonal created.

[Gary Esman]

Sweet shot Doug, loving that background.

Gary.

[arash_hazeghi]

Excellent landing dynamic pose and a nice BG. great exposure as well

[yogesh_puranik]

superb landing pose exposure and BG...just amazing

[Michael Lloyd]

Very nice image.

I've been thinking about Bosque lately. I'm looking forward to this year. I wonder if the drought here in the Gulf Coast will affect the bird populations or timing at Bosque?

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Excellent image, Doug. Love the pose, the bg and the sharp details. Hope to make it there some day.

[dankearl]

Doug, very nice exposure and IQ as usual.
I will be at Bosque in a couple of weeks, hope to see a few of these.
The f7.1 was a good choice, the far wing in focus is very nice to see.

[Ron Bernstein]

Love the image and its 3d feel, and congrats on getting an isolated snow goose with such a clean background. Not easy at all, the way they fly together there!

[Bill Dix]

Terrific landing pose. Great BG and all the techs. TFS. Looking forward to seeing some from this year.

[Jim Crosswell]

Great image Doug! I like the wing position, exposure, details and BG.

[Doug Brown]

Thanks everyone for the comments!