Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Beautiful, Barney. Perfect light for this photo. I suspect the geese are having a little more difficult time finding open water these days. It was 18 degrees outside of Philly at 8AM this morning. It makes morning walks a little less appealing. Fortunately the wind stopped. Best, Len On Dec 7, 2008, at 9:37 PM, Barney Quinn wrote: > > > Canada Geese at Sunset. Perhaps today was the first day of winter > here is the Washington, DC area. When I got up this morning the > temperature was in the high twenties. It was crystal clear and > there was a dusting of snow on the ground. My intuition told me > that suset today could really rock. So, rather than doing what I > should have been doing, namely shopping and getting ready for > Christmas, I went over to the Balckwater Wildlife Refuge and chased > the sunset. It was stunning. It was cold and primal. The wind was > gusting to forty miles per hour, There was a flock of hundreds and > hundreds of Canada Geese in one of the lagoons. As the sun was > setting they decided to fly someplace else to spend the night. I > have rarely seen anything like it. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Barney/Geese+at+Sunset.jpg.html > > Barney > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information