Al's Images
Home for the winter
Posted by Alun (cheshire, United Kingdom) on 25 October 2008 in Animal & Insect.
Geese migrating here for the winter, Here being the North of England
Anthony from Bielefeld, Germany
Looks like the guy in the front of the squadron has just put his air-brakes on !!
25 Oct 2008 9:41am
@Anthony: cheers dude, i thought that aswell
Elena Kotrotsou from Drossia, Greece
This photo gives you the sense of freedom...or the lack of it, anyway birds are lucky!
25 Oct 2008 9:49am
Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada
Lovely, totally lovely, bye bye my beautiful geese, see you next spring...You take good care of them okay Alun ;)
25 Oct 2008 9:49am
@Lorraine: Isn't that alovely thought, we have them now but they will go back to you, thank you
bluechameleon from Vancouver, Canada
Absolutely fantastic! Your timing could not be any more perfect...now that takes skill!
25 Oct 2008 12:26pm
@bluechameleon: Thank you very much, very kind
Betty from New Jersey, United States
Fantastic action shot! Nice composition! Well done!
25 Oct 2008 12:49pm
Nill@ from County Östergötland, Sweden
It´s not easy to catch birds when they are flying. Here you´ve done a perfect job. (excuse my bad English)
25 Oct 2008 2:43pm
@Nill@: thank you very much, your English is very good
Ana Lúcia from Leiria, Portugal
Its really difficult to catch them in their fly! Beautiful capture!
25 Oct 2008 3:18pm
Evelyne Dubos from Le Mans, France
Great capture. I particulary like the movment of the one at the bottom.
25 Oct 2008 5:47pm
Sylvain from Trois Rivieres, Canada
Great catch ! It's like if we're flying with them !
25 Oct 2008 8:50pm
Marion from Nanaimo, BC, Canada
Love the wing movement of the lowest goose. A really great capture Alun.
25 Oct 2008 9:11pm
Toomaj from Tehran, Iran
Bravo, perfect in pressing the shutter at the best time, fabulous scene!
25 Oct 2008 9:28pm
Nanne from Netherlands
Great shot! Nice photo.
Have a nice weekend!
greeting Nanne from Friesland
25 Oct 2008 9:39pm
@Nanne: Thank you Nanne
San G. from Encino, California, United States
What a wonderful shot. Congratulations on getting these all in the same frame and in such a variety of configurations. The lower right one's wings are so interesting in flight. Really Amazing!
26 Oct 2008 7:54am
@San G.: thank you very much for your kind words
dj.tigersprout from San Bruno, CA, United States
wow -- beautifully frozen in time! so graceful -- this is a truly elegant shot! bravo!
27 Oct 2008 12:51am
Ken McCoy from Orlando-Daytona Beach, FL, United States
What a great capture of a "squadron." :)
28 Oct 2008 2:19am
Canon EOS 40D
1/5000 second
F/5.6
ISO 640
310 mm