Cranes at sunrise

[RichardCurtin]

This was taken last month at one of the first windows on the far side of the farm loop at Bosque. It was at the beginning of a beautiful sunrise with (little) red light reflected from the clouds. 1DM4 800mm/5.6 2000 ISO Av +1 1/3 @ 1/15 5.6 . Very little cropping. Would appreciate all comments and suggestions.

[AlvanBuckley]

Great composition. You really worked your camera to get this one out! 2000ISO & 1/15 SS! If there had been more light you could have gotten a sharper image. Good HA on all birds, I like the 'motif' of the three birds looking in one direction and I think the fact that the middle bird is looking in the opposite direction than the other 3 birds adds to the image.
Love the pink-ish water.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Beautiful shot. Alvan said what I wanted to....well done. A little sharpening of the cranes will help IMO.

[Arthur Morris]

Hi Richard, Though the pink light is sweet, I would try to get at least the cranes more neutral. I do like the image design but wish that the second bird (from right to left) were looking a bit more toward us. The position of the two birds on our left is perfect.

[Brendan Dozier]

This has a great ethereal feel to it Richard, real nice light. Nice composition, agree on a bit more sharpness, and some more contrast to birds to make it an even stronger image.
Nicely done!

[Kiran Poonacha]

Loved the artistic feel here... very nice image..

[Morkel Erasmus]

love the light and colours here...sharpness mentioned and I agree with Artie's critiques on the crane's positions :S3:

[Chris Korman]

The low contrast nature of this image makes it work.

[RichardCurtin]

Thanks to everyone for the comments and suggestions. Am going to work on the image more and I now have a better idea of where to start. Will try some selective sharpening and making the cranes more neutral.