Flying in

[redragon]

Location: Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC.

Camera is hand-held, set to burst mode. Aperture set at f/8 in Aperture priority mode. Super-wide angle lens is used for that sweeping landscape look (lucky to have it on the camera at that time). (Very) quick composition is done with focusing and fire away.

Turn it to b&w in Aperture and bring out the contrast in the cloud out but not too overpowering to make the photograph look more natural.

[Mrs.HMW]

I like it

[LeeR]

Wow, I don't know how much it cost you to train the geese to fly along compositional lines for you like this but it was worth every penny whatever the cost!

[JeffSmith]

Excellent shot redragon, well done

"Luck" happens when preparation meets with opportunity.

[redragon]

@LeeR its pure luck that those birds are even there. I just saw them flying in and quickly press the shutter.

[LeeR]

I was trying to be a bit "tongue in cheeck." The birds gave you a fabulous opportunity and you made to most of it. That doesn't happen often, but it sure can be a wonderful thing when it does.

Years ago I was in Haiti traveling in a bus going up a steep hill. Ahead I saw a shot I wanted, a boy, a cow and a tree on a small hillock backlit by some rather dramatic clouds and sunlight. I only had a few seconds to set the exposure (This was pre-automatic days and I was shooting Kodachrome, a wonderful film with a notoriously narrow exposure latitude.) All at the same time the bus made the turn, camera came to eye, boy looked in my direction, the shutter was pressed and the planets converged. The resulting image was stunning and among my favorites for years to come. Sadly, I lost it a few years ago when my house flooded.

[Jamie Hibbert]

A great shot. But you are chuffed to bits with it. As said above, you make your own luck.

Originally Posted by LeeR

Years ago I was in Haiti traveling in a bus going up a steep hill. Ahead I saw a shot I wanted, a boy, a cow and a tree on a small hillock backlit by some rather dramatic clouds and sunlight. I only had a few seconds to set the exposure (This was pre-automatic days and I was shooting Kodachrome, a wonderful film with a notoriously narrow exposure latitude.) All at the same time the bus made the turn, camera came to eye, boy looked in my direction, the shutter was pressed and the planets converged. The resulting image was stunning and among my favorites for years to come. Sadly, I lost it a few years ago when my house flooded.

How bloody sad. One plus with digital and being able to upload and save images all over the place to prevent loss.

[redragon]

@LeeR :-) No problem... That comment will always put a smile on my face.

[Mr.Intensity]

When I scrolled down to this shot ,,, It got a: "Wow" out of me too! And that's all required to know it's a great shot Impact! all the rest is is just cometary; The cloud formations strike me as rays? and the birds are like...Biblical, theatrical or something-lol This one will give me that; 'umph' every time i see it on walls