Snow Geese * Ann Chaikin by Canon DSLR Challenge


21-DEC-2003	Ann Chaikin

The Snow Geese and the Trumpeter Swans stop on Fir Island for a few days during their migration south in the winter and north in the spring.

Canon EOS 10D ,Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
1/1000s f/5.6 at 400.0mm iso100 full exif

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Victor		09-Jan-2004 02:26
BTW, anyone still judging this picture, make sure you look at the original. The other sizes look muddy by comparison.

Victor		09-Jan-2004 02:24
Snow geese are like the plague in the Pacific NW. -- Victor

iso3200		02-Jan-2004 12:02
Must have been spectacular to see for real. I've never seen so many geese together.

Garrett Lau		27-Dec-2003 01:45
After spending Christmas at the home of someone with an HDTV set, I must add that the black frame and 16:9 aspect ratio make this picture look like I'm watching HDTV. --Garrett

Canon DSLR Challenge		26-Dec-2003 13:26
Ann: Great shot. I agree with Olaf that the horizontal layers (both geese and ground) give it a neat rhythm. Plays very well in wide aspect ratio. Nice. --Joe

Olaf.dk		24-Dec-2003 06:31
Ann, the out of focus birds didn't stop me from going WOW! I think this is a very nice photograph. I love the horizontal layers! --Olaf

Garrett Lau		22-Dec-2003 07:49
Very impressive. It definitely benefits from the wide format. However, I think you should have stopped down a bit to get greater depth of field, or at least focused on the closer geese. The most interesting geese are the closest ones in flight, but they are all blurry. --Garrett