Out of 6003 submissions for an online National Geographic assignment these two photographs (three submissions max allowed) were selected as Favorites by the National Geographic editor handling the story.
Above: Snow Geese in Snow Squall: I could only hear the snow geese at first. They landed in a corn field
on the other side of a small hill. I crested the hill and took cover
behind some grain wagons. Without warning this gaggle of geese, in one
sudden, singularly orchestrated movement took flight. The sound of a
thousand pair of wings lifting the geese into flight under their
piercing honks and calls eerily muffled by the heavy snow fall made for a
highly charged atmosphere!
Above: Ocean of Clouds: The alarm went off at 3am for my predawn hike to the peak of Cascade
Mountain in the High Peaks Wilderness region of Adirondack State Park.
It was an extremely damp climb through dense fog and I questioned
whether I would have any views at all. Upon summiting I was greeted with
this serene scene of clouds rolling in slow motion like waves through
the valleys below.
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