Winter Geese Fields
by cogerox

Comment by sfalice:
Dang it Roger, you're making me salivate! The Pacific Flyway is right where you live - and you have first pickings at all the really, really good pictures. Like this one.

Well, I won't get there in time for this side-challenge, but I'll get there this year. That is a promise.

In any case, this is spectacular. Thanks for showing it.

And one more thing, the farmers used to burn those rice field left-overs instead of flooding them for the wildlife. I understand the waterfowl are saying "thank you" and their numbers are actually improving after decades of decline.

Message edited by author 2007-11-25 19:57:33.

Winter Geese Fields
by cogerox

Comment by stargazer05766:
OH MY Gosh!! Our geese have been leaving over the past mos and yours are just arriving.. Ours head towards the CArolina's..
The Farmers flooding the fields for the geese is really great..We have a huge natural reserve area for geese thousands of acres, but they land anywhere that there's water in ponds, lakes, resevoirs,etc..

The lighting is dramatic and the scene is Beautiful..

Farmhouse and barns
by cogerox

Comment by cogerox:

Originally posted by KarenNfld: A nice composition. The grass looks frosty, was it?

Not at all. It was a fairly warm morning if I remember correctly.

Winter Geese Fields
by cogerox

Comment by tinky2:
The light in this is interesting with the gray skies but the golden glow on the field. I do like the overall gold tone of it.

Farmhouse and barns
by cogerox

Comment by KarenNfld:
A nice composition. The grass looks frosty, was it?

Winter Geese Fields
by cogerox

Comment by MelonMusketeer:
The sky certainly looks ominous in this shot, but the geese look very happy. That is a lot of geese. We never see them in Florida in the wild.

Farmhouse and barns
by cogerox

Comment by stargazer05766:
Impressive!!! Love the perspective.. Never mind the pump house the arc and contour of the land overtake it..

Farmhouse and barns
by cogerox

Comment by tnun:
Not sure about the foreground, though the leading lines and light on the water to the left are impressive; but I love the sky and the farm buildings (don't mind the parallax)- like painting by Hart Benson.

Canal
by cogerox

Comment by tnun:
Wonderful colour treatment - brings out all the elements in just the right way. Like especially the wrinkly bright cloud and the tall tree and its reflection.

Farmhouse and barns
by cogerox

Comment by tinky2:
I love the distorted, wonky pump house. The reflection in the water is nice.