Sandhill Flyby

[david cramer]

Was able to break away for a few hours at Bosque this morning. Every now and then one of these will fly by for a close up. Looked for Doug and his group but didn't find him. Just as well since I'd want to use his camera.

D300, 500vr + 1.4, f/7.1, 1/250, iso 400, tripod mount.

[Joe Senzatimore]

Well exposed and great light. No crazy about the comp. I prefer to see the entire bird , but thats just my taste. Still a nice "outside the box" image.

[James Salywoda]

Excellent detail David nicely done.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the light, eye contact and crop idea and would have raised the ISO to get a higher shutter speed.

[david cramer]

Thanks everyone. I keep the shutter speed low as I was practicing my panning technique. Eye on the RAW file is dead center.

[Doug Brown]

Super detail in the eye. I won't be there until tomorrow night, with the 800 f/5.6 lens that Canon is loaning me. :D