Floating Fuzzball

[Marina Scarr]

This little fuzzball Sandhill Crane colt and its sibling were quite the little swimmers. They were hatched on March 19 & 20 consecutively, at almost the same time of day. Here on the 21st, they were happy little campers on the water.

Canon 40D, Canon 400DO
F4, 1/400sec, ISO 500, manual focus
HH

C & C always welcomed and much appreciated.

Marina Scarr
Florida Master Naturalist
www.marinascarrphotography.com (http://www.marinascarrphotography.com)


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[Randy Stout]

Marina:

Another cute one! These guys have such interesting faces with their unusual hairdos! Sharp, well exposed, great angle, nice colors. Based on the reflections, I would say it needs a sliver of CCW rotation. Love the catchlight.

Cheers

Randy

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Marina, great swimming angle, and love the fluffiness. At this size, its amazing how large they will actually grow. I agree with Randy on the rotation.

[Melissa Groo]

Another sweet sweet portrait of a colt from you, Marina. Love the ripples, the look at you, and the absolute fluffiness. Another vote for CCW rotation.

[gary ellwein]

Although Sandhill Cranes are common in my area, I've never seen a colt this young. Thanks for sharing.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

has your signature all over it. I don't recollect seeing a shot of swimming crane baby before. Beautiful shot...the details, reflections, water, ha...well done.

[Lorant Voros]

Cute, cute and cute. I just love everything about it. Congrats.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice little cutie, Marina. Beside the chick, I like the green water and some brownish reflections that seem to match the colour of the chick.

[John Cooper]

That is one sweet image Marina, really cute and love the warm colours here.

[Grace Scalzo]

About as cute as it gets. I think you could use your crane images to create a wonderful children's book.

[dankearl]

I did not even need to look at your name to know this was yours from the thumbnail!
Very nice sharpness, tough to make them look that way.

[arash_hazeghi]

sweet Marina, I like the soft light and low angle. water looks cool. I might got for a 3:2 instead of 4:3 here

[David Salem]

Like the colors and the detail. Bg is very nice and complements the colt nicely. Very cute too...Nice work..

[Shawn Zierman]

Oh my gish this is cute! Love the swimming behavior and intimate shooting angle.
Agree about slight need for ccw rotation and also agree with Arash regarding comp ratio.

[Satish Ranadive]

Marina:
Very very sweet image of cute and sweet little colt.
Love the colors,details in the fluffiness and innocent expression of colt.
Rest every thing is as usual superb.

Regards,
Satish.

[Jim Crosswell]

Excellent image Marina! I like the pose, fluffy look, colours, details and composition. Agree with CCW rotation.

[Robert Holguin]

Wonderful shot.
Very nice pose, nice details, very nice light, and I really like the ripples in the water around it.
Well done.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

I just wanna scoop him out give him a squeeze and a little kiss. I would put him right back I promise. Super sweet Marina. Aren't you amazed what they grow to be? pretty amazing