Taken at Forsythe NWR, New Jersey. Shot with a hand held Tokina 400mm lens and Fuji 100 speed print film.

-- Stu Weiss (stuartw@vespa.coat.com), April 16, 1999

Answers

The shadowing on the second goose and its wing position throws off the isometrics of the shot. Other than that it very appealing.

-- Russell Barker (rfbarker@netscape.net), April 16, 1999.

Is that a shadow on the second goose, or just the darker coloration of an immature snow goose? Also I wish the frame did not clip the tail of the upper, last goose. Otherwise it is quite nicely done.

-- Billy Gorum (Herphoto@aol.com), April 17, 1999.

The 2nd goose is most assuredly an immature (note the black coloring at the trail end of the secondaries). The image looks a little washed out on the wing tops of the right-hand most birds, but this could just be the scan, and there's a certain loss of contrast (an overcast day ?). Otherwise, very nice. The vicinity of Bombay Hook NWR in DE is also good for Snow Goose closeups, not that far from Brigantine.

-- Phil Jeffrey (pjeffrey@hotmail.com), April 29, 1999.