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Geese in the Mist

Canon EOS 80D

settings

Aperture 8/1 ISO 400 Shutter 1/1250 Focal Length 250/1

location

Mackinaw City, Michigan, US

upload_date

Jul, 2021

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Behind The Lens

Location

This photo was taken at Wilderness State Park near Mackinaw City, Michigan. I'd been relaxing in our lakeside campsite under our camper's canopy, and saw this group of geese in the distance, venturing out into the lake as the rain was letting up.

Time

This photo was taken around noon-time on a very dreary, rainy day.

Lighting

The lighting was very diffuse, with low-lying clouds and a dense mist on the horizon.

Equipment

I used my Canon 80D hand-held, with my EF-S 55-250mm zoom lens @ 250mm focal length. It was shot at ISO400, f/8 and 1/1250s exposure.

Inspiration

I'd been sitting underneath our camper's canopy with my wife, sipping my coffee, and shooting various rain-inspired shots from the relative dryness under the awning. I was shooting a distant point with the tree line shrouded in mist, when I saw these geese swimming out from the shore. It was like they were posing for me!

Editing

Yes, the post-processing was done in LuminarAI and Topaz Laps Sharpen AI. I lightened the image to emphasize the mist, using sharpening to enhance the outlines of the geese.

In my camera bag

I typically carry my Canon 80D with five lenses (Canon 50mm f/1.8, 10-18mm wide angle zoom, 18-55mm zoom, and 55-250mm zoom, and Tokina 100mm macro prime lens). I also have my Haida M10 pro filter holder with a 10-stop ND and 3-stop GND filter and circular polarizer. Of course, I always have my standard accessories like spare batteries, lens hoods, memory cards, etc., and I carry a Godox V860-II speedlight with MagMod Sphere & MagBeam flash modifiers with color gels and gobos.

Feedback

My advice is always simple...soak up everything about where you are, and feel the story that starts to reveal itself about your subject and your surroundings. I'm always amazed that eventually a compelling story begins to emerge, and my job then becomes how best to capture that story. Sometimes that's easy to do, sometimes it's damn hard, and sometimes I'm not able to do it at all. It's those times that I just enjoy the story and the moment, and then later it drives me to get better at my craft so in the future I can perhaps succeed.

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Geese in the Mist

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