This Juvenile Sandhill crane was by the side of the road and had pulled this clump of grass.
Canon XTi, 100-400L
1/500, f/7.1, ISO 200,
This Juvenile Sandhill crane was by the side of the road and had pulled this clump of grass.
Canon XTi, 100-400L
1/500, f/7.1, ISO 200,
The viewfinder is my guidance.
Bill
Nice looking juvenile and cute with the clump of grass. It looks like the image was made with pretty harsh light. I wish that you could have gotten lower to smooth out part of the BG and draw more attention to the head/clump.
I agree with Lana - that lighting is brutal! You might try lowering the brightness in pp (post production.) I would also consider cutting the image off at the top of the grass and leaving that concrete somewhere else! Nice sharpness to the bird - you got some great feather detail!
Amazing how fast they grow. Harsh light but I have to agree with Lana on this one.
Your critiques aqre right on. Seeems like I did everything wrong on this image. :(
My 40D is is the shop and this Canon XTi had the contrast and color bumped up and that was my mistake. Angle was because there was a grocery store behind this bird and each side had a 65 MPH highway running and behind was a trailer park trailers. I also got some images just down the road with a group of 2 Sandhills and had one walk straight towards me up to about 5-7 feet. I couldn't believe it. I will still need this bird for my list but will wait on my 40D before going back again. Probably wont see them again but I will find them before long. Thanks
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Hey Bill.....sometimes we do the wrong things for the right reason......like avoiding signs, grocery stores, etc. We've all "been there, done that". Given the circumstances, I think you did ok. Crop a little off the top, try to subdue the contrast in RAW conversion and PS and try a little blurring on the BG.....it may turn this into a much better image.
Hi Bill,
Were you using Manual exposure?
Hi Maxis, I was using Av mode. I hardly ever go manual, :)
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