Fellow travelers - Bosque del Apache NWR

[Ron Boisvert]

Canon 20D, 70-200 f/4, w/ 1.4X TC, @ 280mm, HH
ISO 400, f/6.3 @ 1/2500, Auto Exposure, Av, +1/3EV
cropped a little off the top and bottom, and removed 2 other birds in the shadow of these two
NR on BG w/ Noiseware Professional

Boy, Albert and I are on a Bosque roll. I hope no one minds! These cranes were leaving the crane pools at dawn and flying to the Farm Loop fields on 1/3/09. This was taken about an hour after dawn. These cranes were some of the last to leave. This image was taken in between shivers. ;)

All comments and suggestions are welcomed and appreciated.

By the way, does anyone wish to comment on my removing two birds from the image? Pro or con? :(or:)or:eek:!!

[Alfred Forns]

Ron ... if you remove two birds from this image .... all you get is blue sky :)

I hope all can appreciate the difficulty in getting two as good as this pair Awesome image !!!!!

[Gus Cobos]

Excellent capture Ron...the framing is right on the money...details and color rendition are spot on...good show...:cool:

[Bob Miller]

Hi Ron....You have positioned them perfectly in the fram. Getting two birds in almost the same wing posture is hard to do....Love the red heads....No problem for me to remove distracting elements.
Hope to see more soon!

[Lance Peters]

Hi Ron - You NAILED this - just the right amount of seperation between the birds. Exposure is spot on.

Excellent image - you should be proud :)

[OvidiuCavasdan]

Framing, wings position, details, exposure...excellent! Awesome image!

[Harold Davis]

those guys are glowing in that beautiful light!!! wowowow!! tack sharp and perfect wings. i love it!

[carole wiley]

As noted above, nothing not to like with this one.

[Ron Boisvert]

A big thank you to everyone for the feedback. I really appreciate it.

[arash_hazeghi]

Beautiful, I love this as presented.

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

Very nice, you have sharp details with good wings up position of both birds. I also love the color of the blue sky and placement of the birds. I don't mind about removing the birds as long as you disclose it.