Sandhill Crane

[Karl Egressy]

Calling pose.
I removed some manuer from the beak to make it more presentable.
Also brightened up the very top portion of the bg. which had a dark streak.
Thanks for the critique.
Sorry, I don't do critique on other people's picture since I'm not very good at it.



Camera Model Canon EOS 40D
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/500
Av( Aperture Value ) 7.1
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation +1/3
ISO Speed 400
Lens EF500mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x

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[Harshad Barve]

lovely BG & FG , standing tall pose and open beak makes it for me
TFS

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice vertical comp here, and the calling pose is nice. I would have preferred a better head angle as it is currently looking away. I would also get rid of the OOF flower in the FG ( I do love the smaller one in front of the legs!). Here we can't approach cranes within 200 yards it seems...so I can appreciate this one - especially coming from Ontario!

[Bill Foxworthy]

Great alert Sandhill Karl. Background is superb, great detail and clarity in the bird. This site likes to have the bird looking at you slightly as per AM. I agree the oof flower removal would benefit this image. I really like it though and this is a favorite bird of mine. Nicely done. I would take this image anytime.

[Subharghya]

Excellent image Karl .. Gr8 pose with open beak .. Wonderful Smooth BG .. Superb setting .. I wish you gave more space on top and less in the bottom !

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Beautiful singing pose,composition,colors,bg....I would prefer to clone the OOF flower in front of forground

[Fabs Forns]

The surroundings make for a beautiful image. Only a head turn would take it over the top for me.

[Joerg Rockenberger]

Lovely colors. Great sharpness. Wish you would have gone a bit higher to eliminate the distracting OOF foreground and to see the feet. The head directed towards you would take this over the top. JR

[Glenn Bartley]

I'm jealous of these images you have been making lately Karl!