Snow Geese

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We have some other Snow Geese photographs in our galleries, but these birds are only in our area for a short few weeks twice a year in their migration. This time we were able to photograph them on the water fairly close to our camera. Hunters were forcing the birds away from the ocean shoreline and into the protected waters of a bird sanctuary and Cormorants working at one end of this waterway kept them close to us. Strange that they didn't seem to like it when other birds dive below the surface of the water.

The camera recorded the following information in the original image file:

Wednesday, 10 November, 2004
   1:05:52 PM
   Color
Data Format:         RAW (12-bit) 
Compression:         Lossless
Image Size:          3008 X 1960
Lens:                80-400mm f/4.5-5.6
Focal Length:        400mm
Exposure Mode:       Aperture
Metering Mode:       Multi-Pattern
   1/1250 sec-f/11
Exposure Comp:      -1 EV
Exposure Difference: 0 EV
Hue Adjustment:      3
SpeedLight Mode:     None
Sensitivity:         ISO  200
Color Mode:          Adobe RGB
White Balance:       Overcast
Tone Compensation:   Normal
Sharpening:          Normal
Model:               Nikon D1X
Camera ID:           Gerald & Irmgard Carter