Sandhill Crane.

[Karl Egressy]

This time a flight shot. I have spent eight days at Bosque Del Apache, shooting all day.
Meanwhile there is not much around here right now.
I hope you don't mind my posting NM images for a while.
Thank you.


Canon 1D M IV
Canon 500 f4.0 L IS
Manual setting
ISO 800
f7.1
1/2000 s
Shot from tripod

[Bill Dix]

This one's just lovely, Karl. Great wing position and exposure. I love how the Bosque bg compliments the coloration of the bird. Keep 'em coming.

[stuart wanuck]

great karl he is even looking at you great wing span

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

Good sharpness, excellent detail, beautiful background with nice wing down position, what a wonderful flight shot. Just wish the leg are a little more lit here.

[Marina Scarr]

What a super flight pose you acquired here, Karl. Your BG is great and your image is tack sharp. Your crane's head is looking a little hot. I think you would find the image more appealing if you brought the exposure down a little bit in RAW or burned the head in PS.

[Shawn Zierman]

Great flight pose, background control, sharpness, and overall composition.
Love the light quality.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Love this! Super nice details, and the eye is crystal clear. Great fully lowered wing positions - I really like the primary feather shadows on that near wing. I agree the face seems a little bright...easy tweak for this wonderful image.

[Dennis Zaebst]

Love the lighting (phase angle) and the resulting texture in the feathers! Agree with burning the head a bit or bringing highlights down in the head. I use LR, and the highlight slider control (in version 4) is almost magical at bringing out detail in white areas while at the same time maintaining midtones and shadows as they were. Great flight shot and composition.

[Karl Egressy]

Love this! Super nice details, and the eye is crystal clear. Great fully lowered wing positions - I really like the primary feather shadows on that near wing. I agree the face seems a little bright...easy tweak for this wonderful image.

Thanks Daniel, I'll' corret it.

[Karl Egressy]

What a super flight pose you acquired here, Karl. Your BG is great and your image is tack sharp. Your crane's head is looking a little hot. I think you would find the image more appealing if you brought the exposure down a little bit in RAW or burned the head in PS.

Thanks Marina. I'll apply some linear burn.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Karl, great flying pose, and this is really sharp. I like how the light has brought out all the feather detail, and that BG is sweet. Well captured.

[arash_hazeghi]

repost is excellent Karl, you nailed everything here

[dankearl]

Classic Bosque, perfect wing position, you really did nail this one.

[Satish Ranadive]

Absolutely superb flight pose captured.Wonderful details.nice lights,and beautiful BG.
Love the wing position and great feathers details.

Regards,
Satish.

[David Salem]

The nicest sandhill shot Ive seen on this site in the year I have been looking. Perfect everything! the re-post fixed the minor prob in the face. Great work!

[Roger Clark]

Hi Karl,

Superb image for all the reasons above. The feather detail is excellent. This is due to the phase angle, but I'll introduce a new concept: positive versus negative phase angle. In this image, the sun is coming from the left over your left shoulder by about 20 degrees. In this position, shadows are cast by the ends of the feathers, making the wonderful fine detail. That is called negative phase angle. If the sun were over your right shoulder, the edges of the feathers would be illuminated by the sun and thus not cast the shadows. So you were in excellent position. Well done.

Roger

[Karl Egressy]

Hi Karl,

Superb image for all the reasons above. The feather detail is excellent. This is due to the phase angle, but I'll introduce a new concept: positive versus negative phase angle. In this image, the sun is coming from the left over your left shoulder by about 20 degrees. In this position, shadows are cast by the ends of the feathers, making the wonderful fine detail. That is called negative phase angle. If the sun were over your right shoulder, the edges of the feathers would be illuminated by the sun and thus not cast the shadows. So you were in excellent position. Well done.

Roger

Thanks Roger. Your analytic comment is highly appreciated.