Eurasian cranes (Grus grus)

[Juan Aragonés]

I rarelly go beyond ISO 400 on the D2X because noise performance is not the best to my taste but in this occasion I went up to ISO500 and the result was not bad in terms of noise because the cranes were very cooperative and I could nail the exposure.

Comments and critics are highly appreciated :)

Juan

Doñana National Park South of Spain (Huelva)
Nikon D2X AFS Nikkor 500VR, hand held ISO500 f5,6 1/160s VR on, manual exposure

[Ramon M. Casares]

Hi Juan! Lovely family portrait! Great poses and very nice comp. Love the abient as well but I would've tryed to crop a bit from the bottom. Still, stunning! Congratualitons!

[Deborah Harrison]

Wonderful picture but I agree that some cropping from the bottom might improve the feeling. Took the liberty of trying that to give more of a panorama effect and preserve the atmosphere.

Debbie

[Steve Maxson]

Hi Juan. My first thought upon looking at this (other than the fact that it is a very nice family portrait with 3 good head angles) is that a crop from the bottom would strengthen the image. I really like what Deborah has done in the repost.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Very lovely repost by Deborah . This is beautiful Juan. I love the rich coloring and the family captured together with the same head turns. I also very much like the composition as presented as It gives a wonderful feeling of open space and freedom. Fine work.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great habitat image. I like the soft light and would only crop a bit off the bottom.

[Raymond Barlow]

superb image Juan, I do think your crop would work best for a large print., (very large)