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15-SEP-2003 Pops

Migration

Marietta, GA

A flight of Canada Geese heading south for the winter.
The hour is late, the sun has just set, they are looking for a place to spend the night. It's just over this band of trees.
How many miles have they flown today?
With their minds numbed by fatigue they are always honking. I know what they're saying. It's something like this:
Canada Goose Bart, "Are we there yet?"
Canada Goose Homer, "No!"
Canada Goose Bart, "Are we there yet?"
Canada Goose Homer, "Wait a minute .......... No!"

PS grain added to emphasize the physical magnitude of their journey.

Canon PowerShot G2
1/20s f/2.2 at 10.7mm full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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ctfchallenge19-Aug-2005 11:27
This was originally entered in Challenge 39 - Flight and rather than upload it again I simply copied it. That moves all the comments as well as saves space. - Pops
aam1234 18-Aug-2005 23:58
Comments from Sep. 2003?

Alright, you gave me the guts to post a photo I didn't dare posting here (similar to this one).
Gayle Knowles18-Sep-2003 01:11
Simple, evocative, beautiful and much better without the coloured grain.
Gayle
Guest 18-Sep-2003 00:10
Actually shot it at iso 400 which is as fast as my humble G2 will go. But then I pushed it in the developing tank to 3200! LOL
iso320017-Sep-2003 21:23
Yes, it's made a good difference. In fact it now looks like it was shot at a film speed of errr, iso3200
ctfchallenge17-Sep-2003 18:13
I took the original picture and converted it to B&W and then added the grain. It was the "add grain" step that put the colors back into it. And I agree, it looks better without the color. So I converted it again to B&W and updated it. Pops
ctfchallenge17-Sep-2003 13:27
My first impression was wow nice picture, but then the coloured grain was distracting. I would desaturate it, then it'll just be 'wow nice picture' again :) To me anyway - others may disagree. I thought this when I first saw it, but i'm concious of critiqueing other's work too much before being invited too, but when Iso put pen to paper I thought i'd second it.
iso320017-Sep-2003 07:18
Very arty. I actually like. Might be better in forced mono as you can see the different colours within the grain. Just a mention.....