Displaying common cranes

[Krijn Trimbos]

Hi everyone,

What a beautiful new forum this is, congrats to everybody that have turned this into reality!

This is a shot from last spring in Sweden. On their spring migration they pass through this beautiful country in huge numbers, praciticing their display routine.

Thanks for watching,

Canon EOS 30D 1/800 f7.1
ISO 200
Canon 100-400 L IS USM
Focal Length 400mm
RAW

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Welcome to BPN, Krijn. Excellent behavior shot, angle and symmetry. I might crop a bit off the top. Please have a look at the posting guidelines. Images shouldn't exceed 750 pixels on the longest side (except pano shots).

[Krijn Trimbos]

Sorry about that Axel....I will repost it with the right pixel size.....

Cheers,

Krijn

[Alfred Forns]

Great behavior captured !!!! Love the symmetry Having the bird on the left raise the tail would have been incredible At full resolution must be an impressive image !!!!

[Jody Melanson]

This photo is very balanced. Wonderful interaction going on and exposure looks very good. As Axel has mentioned, as per posting guideline 18 listed here: http://birdphotographers.net/forums/guidelines.aspx

Welcome to BPN and look forward to more of your posts!

[Fabs Forns]

Hi Krijn,

Big welcome, a treat to see you here, since I'm familiar with you work :)
They may be standing on a light slope, or does it need a bit of CCW rotation?

So glad you like our efforts. we plan in improving all the time :)

[Krijn Trimbos]

Hi Fabs,

Thanks for the warm welcome....I checked the image in PS but there doesn't seem to be a tilt in this one.. Maybe it has to do with the positioning of the birds...:confused:

Cheers,

Krijn

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Hi Fabs,

Thanks for the warm welcome....I checked the image in PS but there doesn't seem to be a tilt in this one.. Maybe it has to do with the positioning of the birds...:confused:

Cheers,

Krijn

Interesting, Fabs mentioned the 'tilt'. That was my initial impression, too. When I looked closer I came to the same conclusion as Krijn that it must be the poses of the birds.

[Mark Wilson]

Great behaviour image Krijn! The pose of the middle two birds is great and I like the composition with the two on either side.

[Glenn Bartley]

What a cool image. I love the composition and exciting pose of the middle two birds.

Welcome aboard!

[Jasper Doest]

Stunning shot buddy....I like the fact that the mirrored effect is not an exact mirror.....the slight difference in poses makes this one for me. It does need a bit of CW rotation though as they were standing on a slope. The way you've presented it now (with a straight horizon) looks quite unnatural looking at the angle of the legs.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Great poses and nice low angle!!!