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In the field
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Copyright: Helene Provencher (chouette) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 302 W: 0 N: 843] (3000)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-05-14
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel, Canon EF300mm 4/L IS
Exposure: f/7.1, 1/1600 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-07-04 23:16
Viewed: 1013
Points: 36
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Here is another shot taken at Cap Tourmente National Wildlife Area.

Thanks for viewing and comments.

Snow Goose Chen caerulescens

Family: Anatidae, Ducks and Geese

Snow Geese migrate long distances, sometimes flying so high that they can barely be seen. Even at this distance, however, they can often be identified by the shifting curved lines and arcs they form as they fly. Hunters call these birds "Wavies," but not because of the shape of their flocks; the word is derived from wewe, the Chippewa name for the species. In the Far North fresh plant shoots are scarce in early spring, but the geese arrive with good fat reserves, built up from plants consumed on prairie marshes where they pause during their long spring migration. Snow Geese graze fields and marshes of Pacific coastal areas and the Southwest all winter. The largest concentrations are in California's Central Valley and along the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana. As they do elsewhere, these birds spend the night resting on open water.

Description: 25-31" (64-79 cm). Smaller than the domestic goose. Pure white with black wing tips; bill pink with black "lips"; legs pink. Young birds have dark bill and are mottled with brownish gray above. A dark phase, once considered a separate species called the "Blue Goose," has bluish-gray upperparts, brownish underparts, and white head and neck. Blue-phase birds have spread westward in recent decades and are now found locally throughout their winter range among the thousands of white Snow Geese.

Habitat: Breeds on the tundra and winters in salt marshes and marshy coastal bays; less commonly in freshwater marshes and adjacent grainfields.

Nesting: 4-8 white eggs in a nest sparsely lined with down on the tundra. Nests in colonies.

Range: Breeds in Arctic regions of North America and extreme eastern Siberia. In the West, winters on Pacific Coast from southern British Columbia south to Baja California; also mid-Atlantic Coast and Gulf Coast from Mississippi to Texas. In smaller numbers in interior.

Speed: 1/1600
F-Stop: f/7.1
ISO: 200
Focal Length: 300mm
Raw-format
Exposure compensation: -1/3
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  • Great 
  • TAZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2385 W: 50 N: 3184] (10918)
  • [2006-07-05 1:41]

Elle a une bonne tête cette oie ;-) Et elle est bien mise en valeur par la profondeur de champ tiptop qui l'isole bien du fond soft et agréable. Belle luminosité.
Compliments Hélène.

Nice capture Helene,
Good detail, colours and sharpness. exposure and lighting are good. Good POV and composition.

Thanks for posting, enjoy the rest of the week.

Great DOF
Good detaills on this snow goos!

FTS Greetz Kristies

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  • jossim Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1676 W: 5 N: 2144] (11878)
  • [2006-07-05 5:26]

Bonjour Helene!

Félicitations pour cette excellente présentation.Tout est parfait,les couleurs,la netteté,la pose de l'oiseau et l'evironnement.
Bravo pour le bel éclairage.
Merci.
joseph

Helene,

Great composition with the subject off centre. The Detail, Lighting, Sharpness, DOF, BG and POV are great too. TFS,
Sheriff

Hello helen, excllent soft colors, BG POV, DOF perfect details, great work, TFS Kyle

Hi Helene,
Beautiful light quality in this shot. The colors and detail look superb. I like your low POV here. Good contol on the DOF gave a great OOF backround. Nice camera work!
Scott

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5171 W: 297 N: 4050] (13069)
  • [2006-07-05 8:28]

Hello Helene,
Wonderful capture.I liked POV,3D effect,pose of goose,sharpness,framing and composition a lot.
TFS...:-)

Hi Helene,
Great shot, really like the low POV here.
Excellent light, color, and DOF. Sharp detail and composed nicely as well.
Very well done.

  • Great 
  • hibou Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 197 W: 1 N: 348] (1537)
  • [2006-07-05 12:04]

Bonjour Hélène,
Superbe photo ... Cette oie n'est pas dans votre main mais elle est tout de même très près. Composition, couleurs, détails, pose du sujet, cadre ... enfin tout est comme d'habitude ...parfait.
Merci de la partager
Donald

  • Great 
  • hester Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1471 W: 18 N: 2981] (10944)
  • [2006-07-05 14:55]

I like the composition of this shot and the goose is set off nicely by the backgroud. Very nice

Hi Helene

Well done on a very nice shot. Good colour and nicely composed. All the techo stuff is spot on. :-)

Hi Helene!
Excellent composition, great colors, POV, DOF. Beautiful photo!
thanks for sharing
regards
Dorota

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  • aido Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1097 W: 168 N: 1218] (4046)
  • [2006-07-12 15:57]

Hello Helene,
I love this, a great shot! Perfect POV, any higher or lower would not be as effective. Excellent exposure, great detail and I like the framing a lot, looking back into the frame that way. Great soft and muted colours, a lovely shot.
Regards,
Adrian

Hello Helene,
I love this composition, it is so clean... so well balanced, resulting in a beautiful image!
Your feathered friend is very well captured, with great detail in the feather coat and good natural colours...
DOF spot on, background very suitable!
Greetings,
Pablo -

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  • ddg Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 880 W: 23 N: 927] (4989)
  • [2006-07-24 10:05]

Bonjour Helene, superbe ce portrait d'oie sur un BG magnifique egalement. Les teintes sont douces et l'animal presente une belle pose. Mes félicitations, Didier.

Hi Helene.
Lovely capture. Poor ducky! What did it lose? :)

TECHNIQUE
Composition : 5
Sharpness : 5
Color : 5
Depth Of Field: 5
Point Of View : 5
Background : 5
Contrast : 5
Focus : 5

PRESENTATION
Framework : 5
Note : 5

Selamlar / Regards.
Fevzi.

Bonjour Hélène,

une belle image de l'oie des neiges, La photo a une bonne composition, netteté et de jolies couleurs. Bonne journée.

Pierre

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