Sirius2 Photography // Morning Flight

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Focal length:	270 mm
Aperture:	f 11
Shutter:	1/1000 sec
ISO:	800

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Captured these Canadian geese taking off this past New Years weekend. I actually spent several hours walking and taking pictures of them. Got some really nice shots, the only thing the background is mostly sky or water. One thing I'm not use to is shooting fast, so it was a good experience. I'm use to setting up my tripod and bracketing off a bunch of shots. I actually got to use my image stabilization on my lens. Of course that's not 100%, especially when you get excited when these geese take off and you attempt to get off some fast shots. It was a lot of fun though.

21 Comments on "Morning Flight"

Nicki // 2009-01-06 16:18:44
Fly away ... thats what i like! ^^
Marcie // 2009-01-06 16:36:02
Gorgeous image. You managed to capture their movement with near-perfect clarity. Beautiful!!!!
Frida // 2009-01-06 16:56:48
Great sence of movement in this shot. Well captured!
Olivier Jules // 2009-01-06 17:03:19
another amazing capture! very nice!
Sumedh Prasad // 2009-01-06 17:16:17
Totally magnificent sight, captured beautifully! The toning you've created provides the perfect feeling for this shot!
Guido // 2009-01-06 17:56:55
What a marvellous capture! I'm speechless.
joe // 2009-01-06 18:28:59
wow, great composition! you did a good job of keeping up it looks like, they're super sharp.
Raffi // 2009-01-06 18:59:01
This is beautiful! For the first time Im not sure how to comment on this one! I like the composition! Like the motion freeze. Like the processing and colors. Just perfect!
Ronnie 2¢ // 2009-01-06 19:22:36
You've done real well here in retaining a sense of movement while the image remains intact . . I also like the 'setting' because it carries little in the way of distraction. Glad you had fun !
crash // 2009-01-06 20:28:13
good job capturing this movement! i would've gotten a nasty blur
Ivar // 2009-01-06 21:21:12
Great shot, sharp, detailed and hard to do, cause they move fast, I have yet to get them in motion like that. Nice work
Lunamania // 2009-01-06 21:40:39
What a perfect shot to start the new year. I really like that fuzzy/blur at the top.
Toni // 2009-01-06 22:24:06
Perfect composition. I have a friend who is a bird photographer and I'm sure he'd approve. =)
Rian // 2009-01-06 22:39:52
sounds like a challenge worth trying out.. :D and this one turned out pretty well.. nice work.. :D
Otto K. // 2009-01-06 22:58:14
really nice capture of the geese. I'm not too used to shooting fast either. good job.
613photo // 2009-01-06 23:09:16
Yep, to me this would be a very difficult shot to pull as well, but you did it very well. If it were me I would just be bursting off frames like a minigun and hoping for the best.
ronan // 2009-01-07 01:40:31
good photography
I like the dark area on top, it brings the look at the geese
Krims@nline.be // 2009-01-07 02:06:13
Great capture, should have been an early up in the morning :-). Love what you did with the sky (the black disortion). Well done!
atzu // 2009-01-07 03:19:21
What a nice composition ! And at 800 ISO ...it looks pretty good !
BoB // 2009-01-07 03:22:06
wow, you've caught a magic moment, I love this one
Klaus // 2009-01-07 03:52:38
Perfect timing ... well captured

Comment on: Morning Flight

Morning Flight Captured these Canadian geese taking off this past New Years weekend. I actually spent several hours walking and taking pictures of them. Got some really nice shots, the only thing the background is mostly sky or water. One thing I'm not use to is shooting fast, so it was a good experience. I'm use to setting up my tripod and bracketing off a bunch of shots. I actually got to use my image stabilization on my lens. Of course that's not 100%, especially when you get excited when these geese take off and you attempt to get off some fast shots. It was a lot of fun though.
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