The Beauty and Justice of Geese Photography “The geese are coming! The geese are coming!” I shout as they fly across the blue sky of Regent’s park. The beautiful and majestic creatures swarm the lake where the park visitors feed them. In my periphery vision, I observe other swarms of ducks, pigeons, and other various birds that are also fed on the man-made concrete bank of the lake. Still, the geese remain my focus. Watching them captivates me and brings me out of myself. I am giddy with excitement as I begin to snap pictures either for my geese Instagram or for my wildlife photography career.
Watching the geese takes my breath away because of the contrast between their dull neutral tones and the bright blue of the sky and brilliant green …show more content…
I think it is especially prevalent in my series on geese families. I have hundreds of photos of geese laying their eggs, the eggs hatching, and the mother and father geese caring for their young. For these photos, I prefer to use plenty of negative space in the background, so the small amount of positive space of the geese families becomes the focus. The geese families are often further emphasized by blurring the negative space of the greenery or lake. The universal theme of caring for one’s children helps others see the humanity of geese. By showing the humanity of them, I call people “to recognize and respond to the beauty and humanity of every unrecognized neighbor” (McCormick, 110). Additionally, my photography shares their story. I do this through my editing and captions in my photography. A particularly powerful piece that demonstrates the capturing of a story is my series on the plucking of the goose feathers for PETA. It encapsulates the agony that the geese feel as their feathers are plucked from their bodies. I think it was particularly powerful because I edited some of the pictures to have a black and white filter, but the red of the blood was kept. This created a powerful contrast that further highlighted the pain of the geese. One picture was particularly striking. It was captioned “pluck”, and in the
Watching the geese takes my breath away because of the contrast between their dull neutral tones and the bright blue of the sky and brilliant green …show more content…
I think it is especially prevalent in my series on geese families. I have hundreds of photos of geese laying their eggs, the eggs hatching, and the mother and father geese caring for their young. For these photos, I prefer to use plenty of negative space in the background, so the small amount of positive space of the geese families becomes the focus. The geese families are often further emphasized by blurring the negative space of the greenery or lake. The universal theme of caring for one’s children helps others see the humanity of geese. By showing the humanity of them, I call people “to recognize and respond to the beauty and humanity of every unrecognized neighbor” (McCormick, 110). Additionally, my photography shares their story. I do this through my editing and captions in my photography. A particularly powerful piece that demonstrates the capturing of a story is my series on the plucking of the goose feathers for PETA. It encapsulates the agony that the geese feel as their feathers are plucked from their bodies. I think it was particularly powerful because I edited some of the pictures to have a black and white filter, but the red of the blood was kept. This created a powerful contrast that further highlighted the pain of the geese. One picture was particularly striking. It was captioned “pluck”, and in the