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| Middle Creek Sunrise: Canon 5D MK III-Canon 24-105mm@105- ISO 200-1/250 -f 8.0 |
After the snow on Friday, it was partly cloudy on
Saturday morning with patchy fog which made for dramatic sunrise photos.
Only a few geese were visible from the main viewing area where
Hopeland road passes by the side of the lake.
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| Foggy Morning Sunrise: Canon 5D MK III-Canon 24-105mm@58mm- ISO 200-1/800 -f 8.0 |
It turned out there were still enough snow geese
present for excellent photography, but most of them were roosting in
the Willow Point area and were not visible from Hopeland Road. Large
numbers of them flew over the tour road at the north end of the lake as
they left the lake later in the morning, but it was foggy and there was
not much chance for good photos.
That changed in the
afternoon when a large number of geese congregated in the fields around
the intersection of Chapel Road and the Tour Road.
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| Snow Geese Along Tour Road: Canon 5D MK III-Canon 24-105mm@105- ISO 200-1/250 -f 8.0 |
This was an excellent opportunity to work on capturing the birds in flight and during landing.
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| Blue-phase Snow Goose: Canon 7D MK II-Canon 600mm f 4 IS L -ISO 640-1/2000 sec.-f 10 |
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| Snow Goose: Canon 7D MK II-Canon 600mm f 4 IS L -ISO 640-1/2000 sec.-f 10 |
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| Snow Goose Landing: Canon 7D MK II-Canon 600mm f 4 IS L -ISO 200-1/1600 sec.-f 8 |
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| Snow Goose Landing: Canon 7D MK II-Canon 600mm f 4 IS L -ISO 200-1/1600 sec.-f 8 |
It seems that the Canon 7D MK II works quite well in
situations such as this and overall I was very pleased with how the
camera performed.
Originally published at
Pennsylvania Wildlife Photographer by Willard Hill.
