Bosque del Apache

HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
edited December 22, 2008 in Journeys
Hi Y'all,

I recently spent four days at the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Reserve in New Mexico. Bosque is a Mecca for wildlife photographers offering many photo ops in some very unique light.

Coming from Florida where we are a rather flat state it was a joy having some mountains as a backdrop.

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I have been viewing images taken at Bosque for some time now and I can usually tell when an image has been captured by the quality of the light.

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One of the most amazing sights is the "blast-off" of the snow geese
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One of my favorite type of images are silhouettes and Bosque provides many ops.

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around the refuge
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Harry
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  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited December 18, 2008
    Fantastic series Harry.Those silhouettes of BIFs are gorgeous clap.gif
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  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited December 18, 2008
    Excellent shots, Harry. You really put those mountains to good use. thumb.gifthumb

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  • ZanottiZanotti Registered Users Posts: 1,412 Major grins
    edited December 18, 2008
    Glad you had such a nice trip. Great shots - does Linda forgive you for traveling across country to shoot sandhills yet?

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  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
    edited December 18, 2008
    Glad you got to Bosque, Harry. Great series of shots!

    The water is liquid!! It must have been rather warmer than usual thenthumb.gif
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  • 1andyw1andyw Registered Users Posts: 67 Big grins
    edited December 19, 2008
    Outstanding work!clap.gif
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited December 19, 2008
    dlplumer wrote:
    Fantastic series Harry.Those silhouettes of BIFs are gorgeous clap.gif

    Thanks, the lighting at Bosque was a joy to work with.
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  • Ann McRaeAnn McRae Registered Users Posts: 4,584 Major grins
    edited December 19, 2008
    Wow! Harry these are superb. Lovely light, lovely subjects and its really nice to see the background incorporated into bird shots.

    I LOVE the silhouette shots!

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  • DeeDee Registered Users Posts: 2,981 Major grins
    edited December 19, 2008
    Wow, what a change in scenery does for the photographer! I too, love the silhouettes! But I enjoyed the "wide angle" shots of what the area looks like too. Oh, of course, your bird shots are fantastic!
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  • spechtalspechtal Registered Users Posts: 344 Major grins
    edited December 19, 2008
    Stunning! clap.gifclap.gifclap.gif
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited December 19, 2008
    kdog wrote:
    Excellent shots, Harry. You really put those mountains to good use. thumb.gifthumb

    -joel


    Well they were just hanging around doing nothing. I figured I'd just put them to work. :D

    Thanks Joel
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited December 19, 2008
    Zanotti wrote:
    Glad you had such a nice trip. Great shots - does Linda forgive you for traveling across country to shoot sandhills yet?

    Welcome back,



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    It was a terrific trip, one of the best I've had. Linda forgave me once she heard how low the temps were in the AM.
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  • grimacegrimace Registered Users Posts: 1,537 Major grins
    edited December 20, 2008
    Outstanding series of shots Harry!!
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  • roentarreroentarre Registered Users Posts: 497 Major grins
    edited December 20, 2008
    The images are very nice in deed! wings.gifclap.gif :ivar
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  • NorthernFocusNorthernFocus Registered Users Posts: 1,347 Major grins
    edited December 20, 2008
    Nice lighting indeed. And you made the most of it. I definately foresee a winter trip down that way. mwink.gif
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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,575 Major grins
    edited December 20, 2008
    Hello Harry how are you

    Great photos ! mwink.gif
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited December 20, 2008
    pathfinder wrote:
    Glad you got to Bosque, Harry. Great series of shots!

    The water is liquid!! It must have been rather warmer than usual thenthumb.gif

    Thanks for the kind words PF. It was a real thrill to get to Bosque. I have been wanting to got here for years.

    The weather while a lot colder than my normal Florida temps was pretty good.
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  • Shootin1stShootin1st Registered Users Posts: 288 Major grins
    edited December 21, 2008
    Love the first two silhouettes!
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited December 21, 2008
    1andyw wrote:
    Outstanding work!clap.gif

    Thanks Andy.
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited December 22, 2008
    Ann McRae wrote:
    Wow! Harry these are superb. Lovely light, lovely subjects and its really nice to see the background incorporated into bird shots.

    I LOVE the silhouette shots!

    ann

    Thanks Ann, it was a wonderful trip. I really had to change my compositions from what I normally do in Florida. It was greta to have some interesting backgrounds to wrok with.
    Harry
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    How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, "I could have done that better!"
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