It does not matter how many times you stand below 20,000 Snow Geese as they circle in a panic above and around you…the sound of their voices and their wings filling your ears, and the swirling dance of bodies filling your eyes…rising and falling, darting in and out, swooping and soaring…it is always awe inspiring. No words can capture it, or even get close enough to hint at the experience. No photograph can do more than give you the slightest nudge toward the feeling of being there. Even video does not capture the energy.

But still, any photographer has to try.

Canon SX40HS. Program with iContrast and –1/3EV exposure compensation.

1) Exposure Time: 0.0008s (1/1250 Aperture: f/5.8 ISO: 125 Equivalent Focal Length: 840mm

2) Exposure Time:0.0008s (1/1250) Aperture:f/5.8 ISO:125 Equivalent Focal Length:840mm

3) Exposure Time:0.0008s (1/1250) Aperture:f/6.3 ISO:160 Equivalent Focal Length:840mm

4) Exposure Time: 0.0008s (1/1250) Aperture: f/4 ISO: 100 Equivalent Focal Length: 75mm

Processed in Lightroom for Intensity and Sharpness.