That's the name Artie gave, in a recent blog, to the condition that Geoffrey and I experienced on three of our four days at Bosque del Apache a few weeks ago: clear morning sky and, in our case, NE breeze. Far from ideal for photographing white birds in flight. This was the scene at 6:34 am on our second (cold) morning. Conditions aside, we did have a good trip and came home with some keepers.
D500, Nikon VR 16-80 f/2.8-4.0, @ 25mm, ISO 2500, 1/500s @ f/9 manual. I avoided sharpening to minimize halos around the birds, but I do see some halos as well as compression artifacts. FF cropped to pano.
Last edited by Bill Dix; 12-04-2019 at 04:28 PM.
Reason: changed first morning to second
Very cool image, Bill. Nice groupings of the geese, as well their refection in the water. Well shown is the lighter right sunrise side, and the left still holding the darker blue. Excellent crop.
Both versions work for me. There seems to be a bit of dodging bleeding around the geese and grasses on the initial post? Other than that, very nice silhouetted goose flock fly-by!
I like both versions. Bosque Death, NW winds on clear mornings can actually be great in the pre-dawn. But once the sun comes up you are pretty much dead meat ...
with love, artie
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