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Regina Rianelli
{K:24147} 4/17/2005
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hey there David
Congrats!
i saved it on My Favorites!!!
we have some of those geese in our backyard... but ours are lazy ones!
my Best,
Reggie
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Fadel J
{K:13747} 4/17/2005
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Very fine capture and detail David, love how it is very sharp and yet the wings are blurred to show the action!
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aLi Naghizadeh
{K:19447} 4/17/2005
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Great shot David .. Almost frozen :)
BEst regards,
aLi
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Antonia BauerleinSehnert
{K:30194} 4/17/2005
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Yes, I really like the relaxed position of his flight. Beautiful capture! Antonia
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Marcus Armani
{K:36597} 4/17/2005
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wonderful capture, the exposure is perfect. I really like the slight wing tip blur as it give good motion to the bird, excellent shot....
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Trish McCoy
{K:15897} 4/17/2005
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wow what an awesome shot here.
perfect capture. nice work.
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Saeed Al Shamsi
{K:47727} 4/17/2005
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Such excellent image which indeed is not that easy to take, the way of focus of pro capture, goes to favorite. Marvelous. Saeed
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Hanggan Situmorang
{K:37830} 4/17/2005
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Superb capture, David. Sweet moment and expression, as well. Love the managed contrast. Good dedication. Congrats.
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Jan .
{K:8693} 4/17/2005
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WOW...I'm so impressed!! Fantastic capture, David!
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Tiffany Hix
{K:5012} 4/17/2005
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Wow, David, this bird looks like it's just going to jump right off my screen! Great dof, clarity and detail!
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Alison Webb
{K:2803} 4/17/2005
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Great capture David, a beautiful clear shot.
Cheers Al.
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David Hofmann
{K:23763} 4/18/2005
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thanks a lot Regina! I'm honored!
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David Hofmann
{K:23763} 4/18/2005
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thanks Fadel, actually I did a lot of experimenting with shutter times to get this look. I found 1/1250 gives the wings a slight blur to add some motion to the photo but at the same time freezes the head to be perfectly in focus. At least for a goose. The smaller the wings the faster the shutter speed has to be.
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David Hofmann
{K:23763} 4/18/2005
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thanks Ali!
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David Hofmann
{K:23763} 4/18/2005
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thanks Marcus. I tried different exposure times and found for geese 1/1250 creates this nice frozen yet motion look that I like very much. In the beginning I used way too slow shutter times but the totally frozen wings felt a little dead. Do you know Steven Dalton's work? He was one of the first to freeze flying birds and insects with flash. As impressive as those photos looked, they all felt like suffed in a museum.
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David Hofmann
{K:23763} 4/18/2005
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thanks very much Trish. I have tons of birds from my wildlife times. My kids and my current job don't allow me to spend so much time out in the wild any more. And I'm more interested in people at the moment.
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David Hofmann
{K:23763} 4/18/2005
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thanks so much Saeed! add to favorites is really the ultimate appreciation for me.
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David Hofmann
{K:23763} 4/18/2005
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thanks Hanggan, The light was nice (close to sunset) and soft and this goose was one of the last ones that passed me that day.
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David Hofmann
{K:23763} 4/18/2005
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thanks Jan! it's been days and days for waiting for the right moment. Wildlife can be so time consuming, but then I enjoyed it immensly. Spending time outdoors with those birds was like vacation.
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David Hofmann
{K:23763} 4/18/2005
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thanks a lot Tiffany!
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David Hofmann
{K:23763} 4/18/2005
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thanks Alison! I was very please when I saw the slide. Those were the days when we had to wait to see our photos for days :)
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Marcel Laurens
{K:3642} 5/2/2005
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wow - great dof - perfect details
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