Two with one blow... er.... push of the shutter

[Dennis Zaebst]

Taken in November 2010 in Bosque. I was perusing some older folders and am a bit surprised I missed this one. Modest crop for composition, luminance smoothing of BG, sharpening of birds. Slight contrast & clarity enhancements. That's about it for PP.

Canon 7D; ISO 400; 500 mm f/4L IS; 1/1000 sec. @ f/10.0. I might have backed off on the f-stop a bit to blur the BG just a bit more...but I kind of like the sense of the environment there.

C/C always welcome. Thanks!


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[Ivan Ellison]

I like it, great to catch them both sharp in the frame. Lovely complimentary colours. Shame the upper bird has its legs dangling past the lower birds wing and a slight turn of the head to replicate the lower one would have made it complete. However ,after all they dont perform to our requests and you have captured them perfectly.

[PhilCook]

Lovely symmetry and I like the dof just as it is = nice backdrop. Impressed you got such sharpness at only 1/1000. Agree it would be slightly nicer to have the birds a little more separated, but wonderful capture with those marvelous wings

[Jon Swanson]

The wing position and environment being included add to the image for me. The eyes look a little funky like perhaps a little over sharpening?

[Marina Scarr]

Lovely pose on the two with good angles on both. I would warm the image up just a tad. If you have a little space on top to play with, I would consider cropping a little from bottom and left, just enough to remove the dark spot. It's not a deal breaker. The image is still lovely, but I do think it makes the image even stronger, and you can add a little on top if you have it.

[Robert Holguin]

Wonderful shot.
I really like the flight pose and position of both cranes and great background.
Well done.

[Dennis Zaebst]

Thanks everyone. I have attached a revision, which I have warmed up just slightly, and cropped in a tiny bit from the left. Jon, the eyes look normal to me at 1:1, so I didn't change anything there. Thanks again.

[Matthew Studebaker]

Exposure: great
Detail: perfect
Light: very nice! I like the edited version even better
Pose: great double pose
Background: good scenery background to give context without being distracting. well done
Composition: good! Nice shot Dennis.

[Dennis Zaebst]

Thank you Matthew. I appreciate your taking the time to comment!