Bosque Sandhill Crane Landing

[Jim Neiger]

Bosque Del Apache NWR, NM - 1D3, 500mm+1.4xTC, hand held, 1/1600, F5.6, ISO 800, manual exposure

[Randy Stout]

Jim:

Great wing spread,sharpness, exposure. Comp is nice. I like that the head/bill is clear of the wing.

Thanks!

Randy

[Brian Barcelos]

I agree with what Randy said. I especially like the BG and think it adds a nice touch and compliments the bird.

Brian

[Mike Tracy]

Pretty light, excellent exposure, sharpness, landing pose and wing position. I like the background but wish it was more uniform w/o the tree (?) intersecting his right wing.

[Lorant Voros]

Fantastic pose, nice light, great BG. Sharp and well exposed. Overall very well done...pity for that one feather on the left wing:-). Congratulations.

[Harshad Barve]

beautiful image , loving everything about it
TFS

[Ilija Dukovski]

I love all that detail on the plumage, the light is great here IMO.
I like the fact that you left space on the bottom, very interesting
landing composition. Like it.

[Don Anderson]

love this shot.. the OOF tree is the only thing that distracts my eyes
from the SHCrane. Funny, but in MN our sandhills are very brown.

[Dave Barnes]

Just love the wing spread. I did not think that the bird would stand out so well from the BG when looking at the thumbnail but am pleasantly surprised, I think this works well.

[Markus Jais]

Awesome shot. Great wing pose, light and BG. Amazing sharpness.

Markus

[Krijn Trimbos]

Excellent shot Jim!! The pose is perfect, great eye contact, BG and sharpness. The only thing that bugs me a bit is the loose feather on the left wing, otherwise perfect!

[Gal Shon]

Light and the full length sharpness makes this image stand out.
Great wing span and colors as well.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Classic one this... loved the wingspread, great DOF and the light is great.. congrats...

[Gerald Kelberg]

This is the crane shot that I always aspire to! Terrific light, pose, detail.
Thanks for the inspiration!

Gerald

[Charles Glatzer]

Jim,

Sweet image. I am surprised the head is sharp at f/5.6 with it being almost 3 feet ahead of the center AF point.

Best,

Chas

[DarrenMcKenna]

Sweet image Jim, hard to find a fault here.






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[sree.kumar.h]

Like the way the bg compliments the bird colours. Great feather details.

[Nagesh Mula]

Beautiful picture Jim, very sharp and nicely captured the wing spread.
As pointed out by Chas, its surpising to get such a sharp head at 5.6 when u r focussing mostly on the body.
Congrats for a wonderful image!!