# December Evening at Bosque del Apache **URL:** \ **Category:** Image Critiques\ **Tags:** weekly-challenge\ **Created:** [July 30, 2020, 1:31am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/december-evening-at-bosque-del-apache/15852 "2020-07-30T01:31:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dennis\_Plank](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dennis_plank/32/27033_2.png) [@Dennis\_Plank](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dennis_Plank)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 1:31am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/december-evening-at-bosque-del-apache/15852/1 "2020-07-30T01:31:22Z")
On my last trip to Bosque del Apache, I took some late afternoon shots of the ponds with the geese lifting off from more distant pools. This one turned out to be my favorite. ![20171212-5DIM5460bosque-Edit](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/a/d/adccade2882cf13a2d5a94cb1a4acf9b6535e7c6.jpeg) ### What technical feedback would you like if any? Anything ### What artistic feedback would you like if any? Anything ### Pertinent technical details or techniques: 5DIII, 28-70 f2.8L @ 50 mm, tripod and ball head, f/11, 1/800, iso 800, manual exposure. Processed in LR & PS CC. All I really did to this was crop from the top and a touch from the bottom and apply a curves layer to the sky to bring out the geese a bit more. Taken at 3:32 pm on December 12, 2017. ###### If you would like your image to be eligible for a feature on the NPN Instagram (@NaturePhotoNet), add the tag ‘ig’ and leave your Instagram username below. ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Seaver](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/mark_seaver/32/231_2.png) [@Mark\_Seaver](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Mark_Seaver)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 11:44am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/december-evening-at-bosque-del-apache/15852/2 "2020-07-30T11:44:16Z")
Dennis, this is a very warm and inviting scene. It made me chuckle with the goose multitudes in the far distance adding so subtly to the scene in spite of their large numbers. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Minish](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/gary_minish/32/525_2.png) [@Gary\_Minish](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Gary_Minish)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2020, 6:37am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/december-evening-at-bosque-del-apache/15852/3 "2020-08-01T06:37:00Z")
Now that’s small in the frame, Dennis! I had to go to the large version to tell if that was clouds or a flock of geese 😉