Snow Goose Festival

[gonzo]

With an estimated 10,000 snow geese in Delta this weekend, there's probably a pretty good opportunity for more bird shots. Lissa, Rosie and I may make it down on Saturday afternoon. (I should just sign my paycheck over to Pictureline.)

http://wildlife.utah.gov/news/08-02/snow_geese.php

Right now the Saturday forecast is for mostly sunny skies, with a high of 59

[tanya]

This looks like fun! :2thumbs:

[gonzo]

It wasn't the bounty of awesome pictures that resulted from Farmington Bay, but I did manage to get a few decent shots. Unfortunately the weather didn't really cooperate: overcast skies, windy, cold. Not the ideal conditions for a family outing.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2394/2303193645_a09e192dff.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kris247/2303193645/)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3144/2303193511_7452fde1d9.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kris247/2303193511/)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3256/2303992362_0f31d92f60.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kris247/2303992362/)

There's more here (http://flickr.com/photos/kris247/tags/snowgoosefestival/).

My camera had a hard time getting autofocus with the Canon 300mm IS lens that I rented. A few weeks ago with the 100-400mm the AF was quick, but with the 300mm it took literally seconds for the autofocus to find a lock. I'm guessing it was because my body (Rebel XT) had a hard time finding what mostly white object on a mostly white background to focus on, but my buddy's Nikon D80 had no problem. Weird.

[waltny]

Looks good, I was in the hospital that day as my son came a little early. I know he cant see well at all but Im sure he can sense that camera and flash hanging over him...

[gonzo]

Awesome! Congratulations on the little one - it's a lot of fun. Although a little less fun at 3:30 AM.