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Snow Goose Landing, Bosque del Apache, New Mexico, November 20, 2019
Taken during the southern migration from Canada to warmer climates, Snow geese, Sandhill cranes and other birds are seen together at the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in mid to late November each year. Late afternoon light accentuates the features of this Snow goose landing with surrounding peaks as a backdrop. This image was captured using a hand-held Canon EOS1DX MarkII DSLR equipped with a Tamron 150-600mm f5-6.3 G2 Zoom lens at 600mm, yielding 12X magnification. Any bird photographer knows many images must be captured to yield a very few “keepers.” As with landscape photography, eighty percent of the factors determining a successful wild life image are beyond the photographer’s direct control. Light direction, background, animal position, and expression are all a matter of luck. What the photographer controls is focus, exposure, composition and most of all, timing. Lady luck is a good partner to have along on any wildlife photo shoot. It is frequently said, “You’ve got to be out there to even have a chance at success…”