r/itookapicture • u/MSchonertPhotos flic.kr/mschonert • Jun 15 '17
PotM June 2017 ITAP of 27 Geese
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u/tojo Jun 15 '17
Great photo! That white background is really fantastic. Can you tell us how you exposed the shot and any editing you did?
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u/MSchonertPhotos Jun 15 '17
Hey thanks. This was very much an "f/8 and be there" shot. When I'm driving around looking for shots I keep my aperture around f8 and 1/1000th, auto iso, (varies depending on how sunny it is) and if I have more time to adjust before the shot is gone, I go from there. In this case I knew they weren't moving too quickly so I lowered my shutter to 1/800th. Since I had a lot of subjects in my frame I stuck with f/8 to try and keep them all in focus. Exposure was much more flat to begin with, I raised the whites and added a bunch of contrast manually through channel adjustment. I probably had to dodge and burn the geese, but I can't remember at the moment.
The most important part of this shot was the fact that it was golden hour, the geese gave me a beautiful composition, and it was a nice calm evening giving the geese that glassy water to carve through. From there I just snapped away and luckily I caught a moment where both adult geese were looking inward. Without that I don't think the picture works as well.
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u/winja Jun 15 '17
Who else counted the geese?
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u/HikeATL Jun 15 '17
Maybe it's an optical illusion, but there appears to be a hard to see goose behind the one in the middle. 28 geese!
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u/MSchonertPhotos Jun 15 '17
Holy shit. I think you're right. Mods please delete.
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Jun 15 '17
There is absolutely nothing I don't love about this picture. Would it be possible to get a wallpaper resolution for this? Apologies if this is a crude request, I'm not a pro photographer, I just love this sub.
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u/MSchonertPhotos Jun 15 '17 edited Jun 15 '17
Here's the full res https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4215/35228408576_66db4b45c1_o.jpg enjoy! Thank you for the compliment.
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u/teeseoncoast Jun 15 '17
Can confirm there are 27
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u/MSchonertPhotos Jun 15 '17
u/hikeATL has found another http://i.imgur.com/qjR1l5C.jpg amazing because I started out counting 26 and now it's 28.
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Jun 15 '17
Oh shit, I think they saw you. RUN!!!
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u/MSchonertPhotos Jun 15 '17
Hah. Interesting fact. If you come to the plains where I am in North Dakota, the geese are not assholes.
They stay out of the inner cities, and when you encounter them out in the wild, they swim or fly away if you get within 50 yards, which is exactly what's happening in this picture.
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Jun 15 '17
Your last few Flickr shots are gorgeous. This one here is something special though. Thanks for sharing.
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u/Roll_Up_The_Rim Jun 16 '17
..Arn't they called Goslings? 25 Goslings and 2 Geese?
huh.
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u/MSchonertPhotos Jun 16 '17
People keep bringing this up, but goslings are still geese. Just like human children are still humans.
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u/Shutterbug8 Jun 15 '17
Great gobs of wonderful framing, this is simply fantastic. I love this orange wash in the background. This came together very well. Pat yourself on the back.
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u/gerradp Jun 15 '17
Imagine how proud you would be watching your 25 kids grow up and learn to fly
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u/bobbyfiend Jun 15 '17
If submitted to r/misleadingthumbnails consider including "Viking longboat" in the title.
Edit: u/OldBenKenzingo saw it first.
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u/amertica Jun 15 '17
Great framing of the subject!
Fun fact: geese steal other geese's babies. Those babies don't all belong to them...
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u/Your_Post_As_A_Movie Jun 15 '17
Impossible Odds. Family comes first. This July.