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Ed Knepley | all galleries >> Photo a Day (PAD) since 5/04 >> aug_08_pad > 8/28/08 - Dawn Geese Silhouette
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8/28/08 - Dawn Geese Silhouette

Not my usual cup of tea, but you have to take what's available - geese taking off at dawn.
One of 5-6 geese "squadrons" that overnight in a local pond and then lift off at dawn. I often wonder how each goose knows which group it belongs to & how the squadrons decide on their daily destination (usually each group heads off in a different direction - but not always).
Shots like this give me an appreciation for the difficulties sports photographers face doing action shots in low light. For this one - hand held, VR on, panning, fixed focal distance just short of infinity, shutter priority, 1/250 sec, ISO 1600 (but I forgot to set the shutter release to continuous - next time).

Nikon D300
1/250s f/5.3 at 95.0mm iso1600 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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Sandi Whitteker29-Aug-2008 01:42
Beautiful silhouettes and peachy sky.
Apostolos Tikopoulos28-Aug-2008 20:36
Nice capture......V.