Sandhill Crane Aria - Bosque Del Apache NWR
Canon 50D, 500mm f/4L IS USM, tripod mounted
ISO 400, f/7.1 @ 1/2000, Auto Exposure, Av, +2/3EV, 2/6/2009, 8:30am
Cropped from top and right side
In line with Richard's choir posting, I offer this soloist and her somewhat attentive audience.
All comments and suggestions for improvement are appreciated.
Ron, I always enjoy your images. I think you need to take a bit off the bottom; perhaps halfway from the bottom to the lowest flower head in the middle of the image. I would also like to see the bird just a bit darker to the BG.
Google says 1hr 23min from Albuquerque to Bosque. In another life when I was a student at Denver University, in the winter we would drive from LA using the southern route: Phoenix, Flagstaff, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and then north to Denver. I still remember looking forward to sopaipillas with sugar and honey. Yum! :p
Someday I am going to knock on your door and invite myself to visit with Bosque with you. ;) You are very fortunate to have such a wonderful place in your backyard. :D
Cheers, Jay
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Hi Ron - very very nice - love the soft tones of the BG and the OOF audience. Agree with Jay a tad off the bottom for my tastes also.
Loving this series - well done :)
A sweet image and capture Ron...my vote for a little off the bottom too...keep them coming...I like the OOf birds in the background, adding to the natural habitat...superb color rendition...:cool::cool:
Ron,
I like it as presented, the brown grassy BG is KILLER!!!
Hi Ron....Great image...love the bg...Add one more vote to cropping a bit off the bottom!
Hi Jay, you are quite right about my good fortune that Bosque is down the street, so to speak. I'm going to try to take even better advantage of that opportunity as time goes on. I look forward to your knock on my door; that would be a great trip!!
As for everyone but Jeff suggesting that I crop off the bottom, argh... I added canvas to the bottom to make sure that there were no virtual feet comments. I didn't really like the addition so much anyways. I'll chop some of it off.
Thanks for looking and giving me feedback. I really appreciate it!!
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