Sandhill Before Sunrise

[Bonnie Block]

http://www.pbase.com/herderdog/image/130284361/original.jpg

Sandhill at Bosque last week. Limited number of cranes and almost all flew shortly before or after sunrise--hence the high ISO image.
Canon 1D MKIV, 800/5.6
1/60s f/5.6 at 800.0mm iso2000

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

wonderful stuff Bonnie. Love the elegant pose, and there are plenty of details I can see for ISO2000. Did well here I reckon. Thanks for sharing. :)

[Pieter de Waal]

Beautiful moody image Bonnie, feather detail and colours are gorgeous and nice low angle. What support were you using 800mm @ 1/60 has produced a very sharp image.?

[Randy Stout]

Bonnie:

The rich, harmonious colors make this one for me. Noise well handled. Agree with Pieter, impressive sharpness for this rig and settings.

One minor thought. I might consider darkening the reflection band at the very bottom of the frame. For some reason I see it as a barrier to my eye moving back into the image. Subtle, but just how it struck me.

Besides the cranes, how were the other birds at Bosque?

Cheers

Randy

[Bonnie Block]

Thanks for your comments guys.
Peter, nothing special, just a Gitzo tripod and a Wimberly head.
Any movement produced an unsharp image. Just got lucky. The
800/5.6 is a marvellous lens.
Randy, birding was very slow last week. But numbers were definitely
Increasing every day.

[denise ippolito]

Bonnie, Beautiful details and nice pose.:)

[Nancy Bell]

Hi Bonnie! I really enjoyed photographing with you and the others at Bosque. This is a lovely capture. That camera lens combo has me drooling :). (I'm still sorting thru my photos.)

[Bonnie Block]

Hi Bonnie! I really enjoyed photographing with you and the others at Bosque. This is a lovely capture. That camera lens combo has me drooling :). (I'm still sorting thru my photos.)
Hi Nancy,
Likewise, it was so nice to meet you and Chuck. Wish we had a few more birds to work with, but all in all it was great.
I have not gone over my images too much either, but I see a few keepers.

[RAM MALLYA]

Simply Super shot even at low lighting amazed at the high ISO results of Mark IV. Also like the stare of the bird here.