Snow Geese Flight Motion Blur
by Judi Dressler
Title
Snow Geese Flight Motion Blur
Artist
Judi Dressler
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Thousands of Snow Geese winter over at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico. Here, three are taking off from one of the large ponds to head over to the corn fields. You can see blurred shapes of many geese still in the pond in the background.
It was cloudy and still early and rather dark, so it was impossible to get a fast enough shutter speed to stop the wings in a flight shot of these Snow Geese.. So I decided to try some panning with slow shutter speeds. This shot is my best result of several attempts. I like how you can really see the motion blur in the wings as well as in the background.
From Cornell Lab's website: "Watching huge flocks of Snow Geese swirl down from the sky, amid a cacophony of honking, is a little like standing inside a snow globe. These loud, white-and-black geese can cover the ground in a snowy blanket as they eat their way across fallow cornfields or wetlands. Among them, you might see a dark form with a white head—a color variant called the “Blue Goose.” Snow Geese have skyrocketed in numbers and are now among the most abundant waterfowl on the continent."
Photo taken on December 5, 2017, at Bosque del Apache NWR, NM
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Comments (20)
John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Sunil Kapadia
Stunning. So creatively captured. L/F Back from my exhibition. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Kathy M Krause
Awesome capture Judi! I love the beautiful motion you captured with this flight shot! L/F
Morris Finkelstein
Beautiful photograph of Snow Geese in flight, capturing the forward movement of the geese so very well! Nice work! F/L
William Tasker
Cool shot, Judi! Your beautiful image has been featured by Wild Birds Of The World, a nature photography group. L/F
Judi Dressler replied:
Thanks much, William, and for the feature in "Wild Birds Of The World, a nature photography group"!
Lonnie Wooten
Well done Judi, I was there just yesterday.
Judi Dressler replied:
Thank you, Lonnie. We might have almost bumped into each other! It's a magical place, isn't it?