Beddown

© Ken Smith

Beddown

Uploaded: March 02, 2009

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Sunset yesterday at Squaw Creek Wildlife Refugee, north of St Joe Missouri. The latest estimates have over 1 million snow geese there. You can also see the geese in the water...at first glance it looks like a snowy bank, but it's a bank of birds. I also ran into BP member Derrald Farnsworth, from Omaha, and we did one lap around the refugee.

F8, 1/1250th sec, ISO 400, 400mm focal length


Exif: F Number: 8, Exposure Bias Value: -0.67, ExposureTime: 1/1250 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 400, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 400.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II

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Ken Smith level-classic March 02, 2009

Two more.. #1091315

Ken Smith level-classic March 02, 2009

Carolyn Fletcher

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member since: 10/6/2001 Beautiful! I should check out Sequoyah..They sometimes get a lot of them, sometimes not so many.

3/2/2009 3:23:16 AM


Jeff W. Robinson

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member since: 10/17/2002 And to think that they fly without Air Traffic Control!! Outstanding work Ken - What a sight to see! Jeff

3/2/2009 3:27:05 AM


William C. Raco

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Love the color, light and full sky.
Beautiful!

3/2/2009 3:28:58 AM


Tammy M. Anderson

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member since: 8/13/2007 Fantastic colors and light, Ken. Love it!!!

3/2/2009 3:35:10 AM


Michael G. Marshall

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member since: 10/4/2007 Terrific image, Ken! Love the silhouettes of the geese against that vibrant sky! Michael

3/2/2009 3:37:32 AM


Renee Doyle

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member since: 1/16/2005 Awesome captures Ken!! Beautiful sunset colours and hues!!! It really must of been incredible to be there!!

3/2/2009 3:47:41 AM


Dominick M. Dimacale

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member since: 11/16/2006 Outstanding image and capture here, Ken, I see this next Month for sure.

Dominick


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Joy Rector March 02, 2009

fantastic capture #7232169

Hendrik Storme March 02, 2009

Terrific capture with wonderful colors and mood! #7232175

Agnes Fegan level-deluxe March 02, 2009

Amazing capture and sunset colors! #7232183

Linda D. Lester level-classic March 02, 2009

WOW! This is just awesome....glad you went to go see! I bet we see this again! #7232228

Gina Cormier March 02, 2009

OMG I hope you used an umbrella for the bird poop!! lol Beautiful image!! #7232240

Jeana Clark March 02, 2009


Lol Gina!!! :o)
Fabulous images Ken!!!
Extraordinary details!!!
That is Some site to see!!!
Awesome work in ALL images!!!

~J~ #7232542

Cathy Barrows March 02, 2009

i just hope you had on a hat...lol #7232543

Melissa Olsen March 02, 2009

WOW...that is a LOT of geese...I can imagine the sound they make. Fabulous capture! #7232562

Derrald R. Farnsworth-Livingston March 02, 2009

Looks like it was one heck of a sunset! Great shots, I'll post mine in the next few days. #7232605

Claudia Kuhn level-classic March 02, 2009

Quite a beautiful sight Ken, love the colorful sky to set off the geese. Crowded is right for your other pics. #7232660

Gail Vitikacs level-classic March 02, 2009

I see you were busy over the weekend! Terrific images Ken! Love the colors! #7232708

Pat Gamwell March 02, 2009

It just seems soooo unreal to me to see the number magnitude, and then top it off with a perfect image! WINNER! #7233022

Tammy Scott March 02, 2009

I love how the colors are layered on top of one another! #7233085

Corinne M. Thompson March 02, 2009

What a magnificent sight to have seen and your image is perfect! #7233371

Sharon Day March 02, 2009

Awesome captures, Ken!!! I've never seen so many geese at Squaw Creek. Simply amazing! #7233428

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna March 02, 2009

When I saw the thumbnails I thought they were cranes! That is a huge flock of snow geese!!!!! Fantastic images, Ken!!!!!! :-) k #7233552

Eivor Kuchta March 02, 2009

That's a lot of geese, Ken! Great capture, with the different background colors! #7233875

Robin R. March 02, 2009

Great capture. Like the graphic look of the background colors. #7233925

Shelly A. Van Camp level-classic March 02, 2009

Amazing!! I love the first one and the beautiful sky!! #7234672

Nina Shields March 02, 2009

Ken, these shots are amazing; love the color in the first one but the whole phenomena must be an incredible sight; thanks for sharing it with us; terrific! #7234699

Shawn Jennings March 02, 2009

Ken - these are excellent! Especially the one with the orange sky! Adding to my favs! #7234853

David Phalen March 02, 2009

Spectacular light, colors and capture of the Snow Geese!!

Why am I not surprised you ran into Derrald. :) #7235162

Amy JACKSON March 03, 2009

Excellent capture, Ken!! #7237883

Judy V. Kennamer level-classic March 03, 2009

WOW! WOW! WOW! Perfect Ken! #7238928

Donna La Mattino Pagakis March 03, 2009

Ken, this is an INSTANT FAVORITE. A beautiful scene, great gradient of colors and I love all those birds.

OUTSTANDING!!!

Donna #7239098

JO ANN CLEVELAND March 03, 2009

Whoa! Now that is one fantastic capture!
Love it Ken

jo ann c. #7239733

Stefania Barbier level-classic March 04, 2009

WINNER in every book ... WOW! #7240360

Nikki McDonald level-classic March 04, 2009

Oh my, this is an astonishing sight, isn't it, Ken? Hope you and Derrald left a few shots for me :) #7242825

John Connolly March 04, 2009

Three extraordinary images Ken! It must have been awesome to see this in real life! Great work, and thanks for sharing! #7243605

Tamara K. Walker level-classic March 05, 2009

A spectacular capture. The sight and sounds are fantastic. I can't wait to go back. #7248520

Shawn Jennings April 22, 2009

So glad to see this one again, Ken! Congratulations on your finalist! #7432215

Michelle Alton April 22, 2009

This is a phenomenal finalist, Ken. Congratulations on this and on your other March finalists too! #7432367

Renee Doyle April 22, 2009

Love this one Ken!!! Big congrats on another wonderful finalist!! #7432707

Linda D. Lester level-classic April 22, 2009

Love it....Congratulations! #7433090

Stefania Barbier level-classic April 22, 2009

SUPERB KEN, CONGRATS ON YOUR FINALIST!!!! #7433234

mark grandoni April 22, 2009

Congratulations Ken! #7433495

Chris Schlosser April 22, 2009

WOW! Congratulations on your Finalist, Ken!! #7433557

Jessica Jenney April 22, 2009

Congrats, Ken on your gorgeous finalist! #7434085

Debra R. Harder April 22, 2009

I second that WOW!! This is SUPERB, Ken! Love the layers of details and colors. Congratulations on another BRILLIANT finalist...and into my favs it goes. Deb #7434984

Claudia Kuhn level-classic April 22, 2009

Gorgeous array of bg colors Ken, congrats again! #7435193

Jeana Clark April 22, 2009


Excellent finalist Ken!!!
AGAIN.....CONGRATS TO U!!!

~J~ #7435331

Mary Beth Aiello level-classic April 22, 2009

Another outstanding finalist, Ken. Huge congrats... again. #7436019

A P April 22, 2009

Outstanding Ken

Best of luck in the next round.

Congratulations Pictures, Images and Photos #7436288

Alex T. Mizuno April 22, 2009

An amazing image Ken! Perfect for Earth Day. Congratulations on your Finalist again!!! #7436488

Usman M. Bajwa level-classic April 22, 2009

CONGRATULATIONS, Ken.

Usman. #7436736

Pat Gamwell April 22, 2009

Of COURSE this is a Finalist! SUPERB!! #7436781

Courtenay Vanderbilt April 23, 2009

CONGRATULATIONS, Ken! #7438507

Judy V. Kennamer level-classic April 23, 2009

Perfection!!! Congrats Ken!!! #7438979

Elida Gutierrez level-classic April 23, 2009

LOVE THEM ALL!!!

Congratulations Ken!!!!!
#7440073

JO ANN CLEVELAND April 23, 2009

Awesome Ken! Very well deserved finalist, hope it gets gold too!

jo ann c. #7440425

Debra Booth April 23, 2009

Great capture! Congrats on your finalist! #7441436

Jeff Robinson level-deluxe April 23, 2009

This is just Fantastic; congrats Ken!! Jeff #7441522

Tad Bowman April 23, 2009

Very cool photographs Ken. I love all three. Congratulations. #7442480

Lisa J. Boulden level-classic April 25, 2009

Simply wonderful, Ken!
I can practically hear their commotion.
Congratulations!
~♥~ #7448477

Jill Odice level-classic April 25, 2009

Hope you had a hat on while shooting this one :-) Stupendous :-) #7448661

Susan Fox April 25, 2009

Congratulations! A truly fantastic image Ken! #7449762

Linda Blair April 29, 2009

Congratulations again!!!!!!!! #7465876

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