Sandhill Cranes

[Ron Day]

Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis), February 4, 2009, Bosque del Apache, NWR, NM. Nikon D2Xs, 500mm, 1.7x, f/8 @ 1/1000, ISO 200.

[Robert Amoruso]

Always wanted to go out there in February. Great exposure, BG and the FG crane looks perfect.

If the rear crane was up higher and the wing position relatively matched the FG crane, that would be preferred. With the large overlap and different wing position, it does not work well for a juxtaposition image.

[Linda Robbins]

Beautiful light and colors and excellent exposure. The head positions of both birds are good. It would have worked better if the back bird's near wing were more outstretched and visible, but I still like the image.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great light, details, similar head position and BG. I only wish the near wing of the bird in the back were higher up.