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We, 3 shooting buddies of mine and myself, were in Bosque last January and it was my 7th trip to that migratory bird sanctuary in the last 10 years or so. Unlike the previous visits, due to shooting circumstances, I ended up getting more mood or environmental images rather than closeup images. Yes, the weather, of course, played a role in the shooting conditions; the only sunset that was remarkable happened on the first day. To a certain degree, some of the images look more like landscape images with the birds just happened to be in the composition. Actually, it won't hurt to change the pace since I got plenty of closeup and BIF images from the previous trips.

Thank you for stopping by and please feel free to C & C.


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Captured at the "Flight Deck" after sunset


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Somewhere along the North Loop


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Blast Off


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Parachuting down gracefully at the Crane Pool


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Heading back "home" to roost by flying or even walking LOL

Feb 04, 2017 at 01:41 AM

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While there we hooked up with the residence expert, Will @ trenchmonkey and we spent some time shooting and doing something else

. It would be great if more FMers can get together for the next season. Although it is still far away and we have not done anything to that effect, but we are thinking out loud of going there starting in the weekend of December 3, 2017 this time around. We try to schedule our visit to coincide with the full moon. If we are lucky we can get a few sandhill cranes flying in the front of the full moon at both moon set and moon rise.


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Up, up and away


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Something spooked the birds in the rear


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Real sunrays filtered by fairly thick clouds


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Seemingly quiet and peaceful in the filed but then....


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Coyotes spooked them again!

Feb 04, 2017 at 01:45 AM

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Wonderful set Joshua !! Love them all.

Birdie

Feb 04, 2017 at 01:53 AM

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birdied wrote:
Wonderful set Joshua !! Love them all.

Birdie

Thank you very much, Roberta! Your name came up while we were there. Would you be interested in joining an FM trip to Bosque in the first weekend of December 2017? It would be awesome if you could do it. Yes, I know, it is still far away...

but it won't hurt to plan ahead.

Feb 04, 2017 at 02:07 AM

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AGeoJO wrote:
Thank you very much, Roberta! Your name came up while we were there. Would you be interested in joining an FM trip to Bosque in the first weekend of December 2017? It would be awesome if you could do it.

I would love to go back to Bosque. Will definitely try and make it if I can.

I can relate to the environmental shots. When I was there the birds were far away for the 500mm so most of my shots were of the environmental type as well.

Birdie

Feb 04, 2017 at 02:11 AM

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Yowza!! Great set, Joshua...you done yourself and NM proud here.

Folks will marvel at the beauty and most will be willing to overlook some of
the company you chose to keep.

Had to peek twice at that 1st shot, as
it looks like the sun's beginning to rise...IN THE WEST

Really like the 2nd
as it's tough to get that spacing AND a perfect backdrop. Good job, buddy.

Feb 04, 2017 at 07:07 AM

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Excellent work on these, Joshua. Hard to beat the combination of plentiful birds and that magic Bosque color.

Feb 04, 2017 at 07:21 AM

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A thoroughly enjoyable set Joshua. 5 stands out ~ Ron

Feb 04, 2017 at 07:37 AM

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Many are standouts Joshua. A mighty fine series.

Ted

Feb 04, 2017 at 07:53 AM

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Excellent work on the wider view Joshua....even if that wider view was often shot at 400mm!!

TFS
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Feb 04, 2017 at 09:19 AM

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excellent land_birding scapes, Joshua. Definitely would like to visit there some time.

Feb 04, 2017 at 09:37 AM

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Excellent vision to see these shots and then of course the technical proficiency to execute them! Personally, I prefer these wider compositions that you have presented here and Bobby showcased in his thread. Much of what makes Bosque special is the setting, and you have done it justice, Joshua!

On a side note, I happened to be seated next to Art Morris when flying back from the Falklands. I asked him why he skipped Bosque this year, and he told me that he had some philosophical differences with refuge management and that he might not be coming out there any longer. I just thought that was interesting.

Feb 04, 2017 at 10:03 AM

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birdied wrote:
I would love to go back to Bosque. Will definitely try and make it if I can.

I can relate to the environmental shots. When I was there the birds were far away for the 500mm so most of my shots were of the environmental type as well.

Birdie

Thank you again, Roberta! I noticed that the refuge management starts out to "harvest" the field in the strip closer to the loop path/outlook first. So, the birds would be closer to the spectators/photographers earlier in the season. Hence the first week of December would be more promising, so I hope.

trenchmonkey wrote:
Yowza!! Great set, Joshua...you done yourself and NM proud here.

Folks will marvel at the beauty and most will be willing to overlook some of
the company you chose to keep.

Had to peek twice at that 1st shot, as
it looks like the sun's beginning to rise...IN THE WEST

Really like the 2nd
as it's tough to get that spacing AND a perfect backdrop. Good job, buddy.

Will, thank you for your kind words, buddy! Doing photography there was a part of the fun and you know what the other parts are, right

? Ii am looking forward to the next trip already.

psharvic wrote:
Excellent work on these, Joshua. Hard to beat the combination of plentiful birds and that magic Bosque color.

Thank you very much, Vic! We met a few years back at Bosque and let's get together again this year then.

surfnron wrote:
A thoroughly enjoyable set Joshua. 5 stands out ~ Ron

Ron, thank you very much - I am flattered

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Great set Joshua and ya got me vote! It was a refreshing change to be shooting these environmental images, isn't it? Just have to adjust and adapt to whatever Mother Nature throws at you!

Feb 04, 2017 at 10:31 AM

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WTF? Just kidding ..... Not! You are right - we have to stop calling on The Monkey!

trenchmonkey wrote:
Yowza!! Great set, Joshua...you done yourself and NM proud here.

Folks will marvel at the beauty and most will be willing to overlook some of
the company you chose to keep.

Had to peek twice at that 1st shot, as
it looks like the sun's beginning to rise...IN THE WEST

Really like the 2nd
as it's tough to get that spacing AND a perfect backdrop. Good job, buddy.

Feb 04, 2017 at 10:32 AM

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Philosophical differences? Yeah, right! We all know what happened there!

mitesh wrote:
Excellent vision to see these shots and then of course the technical proficiency to execute them! Personally, I prefer these wider compositions that you have presented here and Bobby showcased in his thread. Much of what makes Bosque special is the setting, and you have done it justice, Joshua!

On a side note, I happened to be seated next to Art Morris when flying back from the Falklands. I asked him why he skipped Bosque this year, and he told me that he had some philosophical differences with refuge management and that he might not be coming out there any longer....Show more →

Feb 04, 2017 at 10:36 AM

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Lucky you Mitesh,
Please share more of your experience with Art

Hi Bobby,
Please enlighten us not in the loop newbies, as to what happened

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bobbytan wrote:
Philosophical differences? Yeah, right! We all know what happened there!

I'm just the messenger. I'll leave reading between the lines to the individual

Feb 04, 2017 at 10:43 AM

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Ted ellis wrote:
Many are standouts Joshua. A mighty fine series.

Ted

Thank you very much, Ted! I am happy you like'm.

arbitrage wrote:
Excellent work on the wider view Joshua....even if that wider view was often shot at 400mm!!

TFS
Geoff

Geoff, I appreciate your kind words. Well, indeed, everything is relative, huh

?

kdacharya wrote:
excellent land_birding scapes, Joshua. Definitely would like to visit there some time.

Thank you very much, KD! Yes, it would be great if we can do that as an FM birding trip at the next season.

mitesh wrote:
Excellent vision to see these shots and then of course the technical proficiency to execute them! Personally, I prefer these wider compositions that you have presented here and Bobby showcased in his thread. Much of what makes Bosque special is the setting, and you have done it justice, Joshua!

On a side note, I happened to be seated next to Art Morris when flying back from the Falklands. I asked him why he skipped Bosque this year, and he told me that he had some philosophical differences with refuge management and that he might not be coming out there any longer....Show more →

Thank you very much, Mitesh! I am happy that you like the images. Let's get and shoot together in Bosque next December then!

I happened to be on the same trip with Artie and a few FMers to South Georgia and Falkland islands a few years back. We had fun shooting together with him even when he was a participant on the trip.

Feb 04, 2017 at 10:59 AM

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Wow, you have indeed done Bosque right with these images, terrific work.

Feb 04, 2017 at 11:33 AM

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