Come and see me at ProFusion Expo in Toronto

Come and say hello and join me for my FREE mini-workshop presentation at Canada’s largest camera show in Toronto. I will be presenting at 12:00 on both November 9th and 10th. The presentation is sponsored by Sony and I look forward to seeing you there! Learn more about ProFusion Expo HERE.

Ross's Goose in flight

A Ross’s Goose from last December’s Best of Bosque workshop. Picking out and targeting the Ross’s Geese amongst the more abundant Snow Geese is always a fun way to pass the time as thousands of Geese continuously blast off when predators disturb them.

Photographing the Ross's Geese of Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge and kudos

Ross's Goose (Chen rossii, Oie de Ross) Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, USA ©Christopher Dodds http://www.chrisdoddsphoto.com All Rights Reserved. Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III, 500mm F4 IS, 2X II Tele-converter, Gitzo tripod and Wimberley Head II. ISO 250, F8 1/1000s Manual Exposure. Full Frame. CLICK HERE TO BUY A PRINT OR LICENSE IMAGE FOR PUBLICATION.

Pro Tip:

I worked very hard at capturing the above full frame image of a Ross’s Goose in it’s recognizable environment while visiting Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico last fall. I worked equally hard to get the image of a Ross’s Goose against a blue sky for my stock files. Having the blue-sky flight image in my stock photography files ensures sales to regional publications outside of that recognizable habitat of high desert mountain.

Ross's Goose (Chen rossii, Oie de Ross) Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, USA ©Christopher Dodds http://www.chrisdoddsphoto.com All Rights Reserved. Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III, 500mm F4 IS, 2X II Tele-converter, Gitzo tripod and Wimberley Head II. ISO 250, F8 1/1250s Manual Exposure. Full Frame. CLICK HERE TO BUY A PRINT OR LICENSE IMAGE FOR PUBLICATION.

Ross’s Goose facts:

A tiny goose with black wingtips, the Ross’s Goose (Chen rossii, Oie de Ross) is about 40% smaller than the more abundant white phase Snow Goose. The Snow Goose is larger and has a larger bill without the greenish base and has a black grin patch along it’s bill edge (black “lips”). It breeds in the central Arctic and winters primarily in central California, but it is becoming more frequent farther east. It is named in honor of Bernard R. Ross, a Hudson’s Bay Company factor at Fort Resolution in Canada’s Northwest Territories.

Kudos

After viewing your two excellent Nature presentations in the last year at our camera club, I have come to conclude that you are in that top echelon of truly outstanding nature photographers, creating art - rather than just photographs. When I see your presentations, I keep saying under my breath... AMAZING!
Best regards,
Frederic Hore,
Past Nature Chair,
Lakeshore Camera Club
Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada

Thanks again for your superb presentation yesterday evening.  Your images are fantastic and you are definitively an inspiration for a lot bird photographers like myself.
Cheers,
Pierre Giard
Nature Chair
Lakeshore Camera Club
Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada

Comments welcome & appreciated.