Assignment 1 Image #2: Gaggle

Part 1:  Originally I set out to shoot geese with the fast shutter speed and capture them in flight.  When I approached the lake I was surprised to find easily 200 geese waiting to fly south.  I wanted to try and capture them to show the sheer amount of geese in this gaggle.  Using my zoom I attempted to sneak up on them, though there were so many that it was nearly impossible.  I eventually took some nice photos with an interesting composition by focusing on the tree and have the geese slowly blur into the background.   In a way this photo represents the changing of the seasons, as geese themselves represent a transition from warm to cold weather, and the coming of fall.

Part 2:  I don't think the geese were as well received as my other two images, but there were no negative comments about this image that I remember.  I think the composition works well as well as the lighting.  From here I could do a series of fun nature photography.