Thousands of Snow Geese fly out from the Rio Grande River for a day of feeding in this wildlife refuge. Meanwhile, a huge group of geese remain standing in the shallows of the river in the foreground, while the sky is filled with them in the background. Seconds after I made this image, the group of standing geese lifted off as well, and we were enveloped in a cloud of feathers, amidst thunderous squawks. Because the geese in the foreground were standing still while those in the background were in flight, I was able to compose this image relatively coherently. The geese on the water offer a foreground anchor, while the curtain of geese covering the hills and the sky in the background offers a striking counterpoint.