Geese Galore

NorthernFocus

On the way to the Mt.Vernon, WA tulip festival we ran across a few snowgeese. My first attempt at some BIF photos. The geese hung around so after reviewing my first round of failures, I made some adjustments to technique and did a little better the next day.

Mt.Baker


Snowgoose


Airbrakes


Time to Go

Ann McRae

Oh my, a wall of snowgeese!!!

I am hoping that I can get out and shoot them as they go by here!

Like the first shot & the brakes shot!
Thanks for sharing them.

ann

raptorcaptor

Love the last shot!

NorthernFocus

Thanks for the comments. Glad you enjoyed looking. In that last shot I caught it just as the flock started to get up. A wave came across the field towards me as the flock took flight. Notice all of the birds on the ground have their heads up looking in the same direction, presumably at whatever made them fly.

summerz

Oh wow, amazing pics, amazing Birds.

Dennis Kaczor

Wow that is sure a lot of them in the images that you captured. Nice shots.

NorthernFocus

Glad you enjoyed the images. They were sure fun to capture. Took a while to come up with a couple that depicted the shear numbers. Took several shots of a sea of tens of thousands feeding on the ground but it just didn't work. Finally got the shots of them swarming in the air. Thanks for commenting.

spek

Unbelievable
Wow amazing, thanks for sharing !

i_worship_the_King

That last shot is just amazing. I would have loved to be there and see that with my own 2. clap

Any idea what spooked them?

jsmiley

Oh wooow, Just amazing. I love them all. :ivar

NorthernFocus

Thanks for the comments and glad people enjoy seeing the images. The geese were flushed by another person who stopped and decided to walk out into the field for a better look (don't know what they were thinking ). The amount of noise when they are flying is incredible, both from their wings and from several thousand honking at the same time. It was a blast

Maestro

Very nice images. What a huge flock!

Harryb

Terrific

NorthernFocus

Thanks for commenting. Yes that was one big bunch of birds. It was quite hazardous duty photographing them when the flock flew overhead, lightening themselves as they went