Bosque has been rocking a dawn and dusk. Pretty much dead in between. Learn more about this image here . And check out my State of the Bosque blog post here.
As for the image, don't be shy. All comments welcome.
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An interesting image. On looking closely at many of the individual bird images the mind plays tricks, sometimes seeing geese flying L to R and others seeing Grackles ( a long tailed bird ) flying R to L. As beautifully shown here I envy the interplay of orange and yellow light you get at Bosque--occasionally here we get orange but rarely rarely yellow too.
An interesting image. On looking closely at many of the individual bird images the mind plays tricks, sometimes seeing geese flying L to R and others seeing Grackles ( a long tailed bird ) flying R to L.
Very cool observation Bob!! I do see the "geese"!!
This is about as different a grackle image one can get, really nicely done Artie. The colours are out of this world. Wondering if you can add a touch of canvas below as I do find the lowest bird close to the edge, especially its' red blurred wing "extension".
Thanks. I did not see the geese either :). What is the third species (or family) in the image???
This is a tiny crop from the rear. I made this version to enter in a few contests so did not want to add any canvas below (though it needs it). It was an amazing morning.
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Artie, there are surely no geese in the image, it is just an optical illusion (perhaps that is what you are acknowledging): The same individual bird can either look like a goose flying pointing to our right, or a grackle flying pointing to our left. A pretty cool illusion as pointed out by Bob.
As for a "third" species. I do not know but I am curious as to what it is. Maybe Red-winged Blackbird. I'm sure it will be an "a-ha" revelation :-)
Last edited by Daniel Cadieux; 12-03-2014 at 09:10 PM.
Nope. When I read your and Bob's comments (not too carefully) I thought that the two grackles were indeed one goose. As for the other species I am pretty sure that there are six blackbirds in the mix, probably redwings.
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