Crane with an acorn

[Tiago Caravana]

This Crane was shot from a fixed hide. All coments and sugestions are welcomed and learned from :)

Thanks.

EXIF: Nikon D4 | 700mm | f7.1 | 1/500s | ISO2000
PP: Levels | Shadows & Highlights | Brightness &Contrast | NR in the BG

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[Jim Crosswell]

I like the acorn in the beak, orange eye and HA. I wish you had the whole bird in the frame and more room in front. Is that mud on the beak? Nice image Tiago.

[Tiago Caravana]

Thank you Jim! Yes it's mud on the beak, because it was picking berried acorns.
I wish I had more room to, but after more than 1 year of always having the cranes very far away, this time I had a family of 3 very close by. Nevertheless IMO it works well in terms of definition and having the acorn more visible in the pic.

[Doug Brown]

Nice detail and light on the head. I agree that I'd like to see the entire bird, along with a bit more room in front of the Crane. I would have removed the TC in this situation.