Photographed this pair of Sarus Cranes in Keoladeo Ghana National Park, Bharatpur, India. I wanted to photograph the courtship display, but could not observe it.
Canon EOS 1D Mark II, Canon EF 400 mm 2.8 L IS USM, EF 2xII, ISO 400, f8, 1/800. Full frame.
Look forward to your comments and critiques.
Interesting looking bird. I like the lead birds line of water drops coming out of the beak.
The crossing of the bird's necks and merge on the red is somewhat distracting and confusing when you first look at the image. The downwards look of the vantage point is not helping and more room at the bottom was needed.
Good job of focusing on the front bird. As presented there was room for the virtual feet. You might try de-SAT-ing the reds a bit and selectively sharpening the head of the rear bird. Good comments by Robert above.
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