Another Sandhill Crane

[Rodney Flowers]

http://web.ics.purdue.edu/%7Eflowersr/images/Birds/20091122Sandhill_Crane-_MG_3774-Web.jpg

Canon EOS 50D and 600mm f/4L IS with 1.4 teleconverter
ISO200 f/6.3 1/800sec

The image has not been cropped. I cloned out 2 red spots from the Sandhill Crane Heads that I thought were distracting because they were right next to the main subject. My processing skills are still maturing so hopefully it is not too obvious.

Let me know what you think. Both good and bad points.

[Steve Canuel]

I like the ghostly OOF cranes in the BG and without you fessing up that you did some work back there, I personally wouldn't have noticed. I also like the warm BG colors and the comp.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the image design, look-back pose and birds in the BG and only wish the sun would have been behind you.