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Uploaded: March 02, 2009 04:40:19
Sunset yesterday at Squaw Creek Wildlife Refugee, north of St Joe Missouri. The latest estimates have over 1 million snow geese there. You can also see the geese in the water...at first glance it looks like a snowy bank, but it's a bank of birds. I also ran into BP member Derrald Farnsworth, from Omaha, and we did one lap around the refugee.
F8, 1/1250th sec, ISO 400, 400mm focal length
Exif: F Number: 8, Exposure Bias Value: -0.67, ExposureTime: 1/1250 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 400, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 400.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Ken Smith March 02, 2009
Two more.. #1091315Ken Smith March 02, 2009
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member since: 10/6/2001 Beautiful! I should check out Sequoyah..They sometimes get a lot of them, sometimes not so many.
3/2/2009 3:23:16 AM
Jeff W. Robinson
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member since: 10/17/2002 And to think that they fly without Air Traffic Control!! Outstanding work Ken - What a sight to see! Jeff
3/2/2009 3:27:05 AM
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Love the color, light and full sky.
Beautiful!
3/2/2009 3:28:58 AM
Tammy M. Anderson
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member since: 8/13/2007 Fantastic colors and light, Ken. Love it!!!
3/2/2009 3:35:10 AM
Michael G. Marshall
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member since: 10/4/2007 Terrific image, Ken! Love the silhouettes of the geese against that vibrant sky! Michael
3/2/2009 3:37:32 AM
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member since: 1/16/2005 Awesome captures Ken!! Beautiful sunset colours and hues!!! It really must of been incredible to be there!!
3/2/2009 3:47:41 AM
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member since: 11/16/2006 Outstanding image and capture here, Ken, I see this next Month for sure.
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Joy Rector March 02, 2009
fantastic capture #7232169Hendrik Storme March 02, 2009
Terrific capture with wonderful colors and mood! #7232175Agnes Fegan March 02, 2009
Amazing capture and sunset colors! #7232183Linda D. Lester March 02, 2009
WOW! This is just awesome....glad you went to go see! I bet we see this again! #7232228Gina Cormier March 02, 2009
OMG I hope you used an umbrella for the bird poop!! lol Beautiful image!! #7232240Jeana Clark March 02, 2009
~J~ #7232542
Cathy Barrows March 02, 2009
i just hope you had on a hat...lol #7232543Melissa Olsen March 02, 2009
WOW...that is a LOT of geese...I can imagine the sound they make. Fabulous capture! #7232562Derrald R. Farnsworth-Livingston March 02, 2009
Looks like it was one heck of a sunset! Great shots, I'll post mine in the next few days. #7232605Claudia Kuhn March 02, 2009
Quite a beautiful sight Ken, love the colorful sky to set off the geese. Crowded is right for your other pics. #7232660Gail Vitikacs March 02, 2009
I see you were busy over the weekend! Terrific images Ken! Love the colors! #7232708Pat Gamwell March 02, 2009
It just seems soooo unreal to me to see the number magnitude, and then top it off with a perfect image! WINNER! #7233022Tammy Scott March 02, 2009
I love how the colors are layered on top of one another! #7233085Corinne M. Thompson March 02, 2009
What a magnificent sight to have seen and your image is perfect! #7233371Sharon Day March 02, 2009
Awesome captures, Ken!!! I've never seen so many geese at Squaw Creek. Simply amazing! #7233428Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna March 02, 2009
When I saw the thumbnails I thought they were cranes! That is a huge flock of snow geese!!!!! Fantastic images, Ken!!!!!! :-) k #7233552Eivor Kuchta March 02, 2009
That's a lot of geese, Ken! Great capture, with the different background colors! #7233875Robin R. March 02, 2009
Great capture. Like the graphic look of the background colors. #7233925Shelly A. Van Camp March 02, 2009
Amazing!! I love the first one and the beautiful sky!! #7234672Nina Shields March 02, 2009
Ken, these shots are amazing; love the color in the first one but the whole phenomena must be an incredible sight; thanks for sharing it with us; terrific! #7234699Shawn Jennings March 02, 2009
Ken - these are excellent! Especially the one with the orange sky! Adding to my favs! #7234853David Phalen March 02, 2009
Spectacular light, colors and capture of the Snow Geese!!Why am I not surprised you ran into Derrald. :) #7235162
Amy JACKSON March 03, 2009
Excellent capture, Ken!! #7237883Judy V. Kennamer March 03, 2009
WOW! WOW! WOW! Perfect Ken! #7238928Donna La Mattino Pagakis March 03, 2009
Ken, this is an INSTANT FAVORITE. A beautiful scene, great gradient of colors and I love all those birds.OUTSTANDING!!!
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JO ANN CLEVELAND March 03, 2009
Whoa! Now that is one fantastic capture!jo ann c. #7239733
Stefania Barbier March 04, 2009
WINNER in every book ... WOW! #7240360Nikki McDonald March 04, 2009
Oh my, this is an astonishing sight, isn't it, Ken? Hope you and Derrald left a few shots for me :) #7242825John Connolly March 04, 2009
Three extraordinary images Ken! It must have been awesome to see this in real life! Great work, and thanks for sharing! #7243605Tamara K. Walker March 05, 2009
A spectacular capture. The sight and sounds are fantastic. I can't wait to go back. #7248520Shawn Jennings April 22, 2009
So glad to see this one again, Ken! Congratulations on your finalist! #7432215Michelle Alton April 22, 2009
This is a phenomenal finalist, Ken. Congratulations on this and on your other March finalists too! #7432367Renee Doyle April 22, 2009
Love this one Ken!!! Big congrats on another wonderful finalist!! #7432707Linda D. Lester April 22, 2009
Love it....Congratulations! #7433090Stefania Barbier April 22, 2009
SUPERB KEN, CONGRATS ON YOUR FINALIST!!!! #7433234mark grandoni April 22, 2009
Congratulations Ken! #7433495Chris Schlosser April 22, 2009
WOW! Congratulations on your Finalist, Ken!! #7433557Jessica Jenney April 22, 2009
Congrats, Ken on your gorgeous finalist! #7434085Debra R. Harder April 22, 2009
I second that WOW!! This is SUPERB, Ken! Love the layers of details and colors. Congratulations on another BRILLIANT finalist...and into my favs it goes. Deb #7434984Claudia Kuhn April 22, 2009
Gorgeous array of bg colors Ken, congrats again! #7435193Jeana Clark April 22, 2009
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Mary Beth Aiello April 22, 2009
Another outstanding finalist, Ken. Huge congrats... again. #7436019A P April 22, 2009
Outstanding KenBest of luck in the next round.
Alex T. Mizuno April 22, 2009
An amazing image Ken! Perfect for Earth Day. Congratulations on your Finalist again!!! #7436488Usman M. Bajwa April 22, 2009
CONGRATULATIONS, Ken.Usman. #7436736
Pat Gamwell April 22, 2009
Of COURSE this is a Finalist! SUPERB!! #7436781Courtenay Vanderbilt April 23, 2009
CONGRATULATIONS, Ken! #7438507Judy V. Kennamer April 23, 2009
Perfection!!! Congrats Ken!!! #7438979Elida Gutierrez April 23, 2009
LOVE THEM ALL!!!Congratulations Ken!!!!!
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JO ANN CLEVELAND April 23, 2009
Awesome Ken! Very well deserved finalist, hope it gets gold too!jo ann c. #7440425
Debra Booth April 23, 2009
Great capture! Congrats on your finalist! #7441436Jeff Robinson April 23, 2009
This is just Fantastic; congrats Ken!! Jeff #7441522Tad Bowman April 23, 2009
Very cool photographs Ken. I love all three. Congratulations. #7442480Lisa J. Boulden April 25, 2009
Simply wonderful, Ken!Jill Odice April 25, 2009
Hope you had a hat on while shooting this one :-) Stupendous :-) #7448661Susan Fox April 25, 2009
Congratulations! A truly fantastic image Ken! #7449762Linda Blair April 29, 2009
Congratulations again!!!!!!!! #7465876Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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