Crane - Grus grus

[Jan Bleil]

Hello!

One day last month in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, germany, I was. I want to see cranes.
On october 16 they count about 60.000 cranes in this area.

So I tried to take pictures of this wonderfull bird.

What do you think about this special one?

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the idea and soft light but would prefer to have the head in focus. Could you post some techs and near what town did you find the cranes?

[Tony Whitehead]

I like the streaked BG, Jan. I see at least 2 images of the beak and wings so a smoother pan to keep the head/neck/body sharper while allowing the wings and BG to blur out would have been more effective - keep at it.