Evening Sandhill

[david cramer]

D300 with 500vr + 1.4 tc, tripod mount, f/8, 1/640, iso 400, ev -0.33. Had the good fortune to run into Doug Brown and Kristin Wilkinson this afternoon.

http://davidcramer.smugmug.com/photos/787086820_cyMHT-O.jpg

[Troy Lim]

David, looks like the noise reduction softened the picture.

[Gary Jones]

Nice wing position and good light all round the bird. Comp wise, I'd be tempted to take a bit off the top and behind the bird. I didn't see the first post, but bird does look a little soft. Didn't you just need selective NR on the BG?

[david cramer]

Selective noise reduction was applied only to BG. Tiff looks plenty sharp, but the jpg may need another round.

http://davidcramer.smugmug.com/photos/787208541_fEG5C-O.jpg

[Nancy A Elwood]

David repost much better. Terrific capture with wonderful BG! Congrats!!

[Ofer Levy]

The repost looks much better to me too! Lovely image.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

David I really like the repost and the flight pose with the forward wing thrust is beautiful. A very pleasing BG and well composed. Thanks for sharing.

[Gary Jones]

Repost looks much better!!

[Troy Lim]

David, much better. I like the repost better.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

The repost is a very good improvement, I would only try to get more details in the shadows.

[Joe Senzatimore]

Love the re-post. Head and eye nice and sharp. BG is killer.

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Love that sharp repost . The light is lovely !!

[Nagesh Mula]

As covered above, the repost is very sharp and beautiful. Congrats David!!

[arash_hazeghi]

Very nice wing positions and BG, sharpness has been fixed in repost. Well done.

[Doug Brown]

Enjoyed running into you at Ladd Gordon! The repost looks good!

[Morkel Erasmus]

nice shot - lovely exposure and pose. I would run another round of slight sharpening for my own tastes...

[James Salywoda]

Repost looks great David this is a beautiful shot.

[Kerry Perkins]

Very nice David. Simply gorgeous. Love the BG colors and the detail.