A Crane in Flight

[Doug Brown]

Just a Crane from the Bosque. I went with a tighter-than-normal crop because I wanted to emphasize the finer details visible on the bird.



Canon 7D, 600mm, f/7.1, 1/1250, ISO 400, manual exposure, hand held

[Betsie Storm]

Those "finer details" are well worth showing off, Doug. I really like the colours on the upper wing; beautiful under wing detail and a great BG. Very well presented. Handholding the 600mm- not shabby:)!

[Roger Lauzon]

Bonjour Doug,

I like the lines and the fine details in the wings. Great shot.

Roger

[Graham Smith.]

Nice one Doug!
Beautiful flight shot. The light angle is perfect for this one and the details come through nicely. I'm also partial to the open mouth.

[Chuck Fritsch]

The back edge of the rear wing could use a little repair, if your sense of ethics permits.

[arash_hazeghi]

Nice shot Doug, details are very good, more sharpening will give it more pop...

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Cool light, pose, complementing BG and the open bill adds to it. I like the idea of sharpening it more but it brought out some noise in the primaries.

[Ed Cordes]

Nice job, Doug, on the tight crop. I like the re post with more sharpening better.

[Doug Brown]

Judging by the feedback, it seems like I've been missing the mark on sharpening lately. Thanks for the repost Arash; it looks a little oversharpened on my monitor. Here's a repost where I had the benefit of working on the full-sized file. How does this look?

[arash_hazeghi]

Judging by the feedback, it seems like I've been missing the mark on sharpening lately. Thanks for the repost Arash; it looks a little oversharpened on my monitor. Here's a repost where I had the benefit of working on the full-sized file. How does this look?

This one looks good too, what kind of screen do you use?

[Doug Brown]

I use a 30" calibrated Apple Cinema Display. To me a Crane's plumage doesn't have a sharp look to it, kind of like a Northern Harrier's. So my sharpening normally isn't very aggressive.

[Bill Dix]

Lovely flight shot. Light and colors are wonderful - especially the upper wing colors that I had never really noticed before. Repost is an improvement. Nicely done.

[stuart wanuck]

lovely image have been photographing then for a few days. nice image

[Guy Germain]

Hi Doug,

Great flight shot.

Guy

[Nagesh Mula]

Hi Doug, this is simply Superb. Great flying shot and the bird is well lit. Congrats!!

[Harshad Barve]

Fabulous image Doug , nice wing pose , great details and killer BG , Your repost takes this over the top
TFS

[Danny J Brown]

Hey Doug - Your most lovely crane image of late and the repost looks even better. Just a sweet shot overall. Imagine how much better it would looked if you'd used the Wimberley (just kidding....big smile).

[James Salywoda]

I love the open bill and excellent wing position captured the details on your repost look perfect to me. This is a beautiful shot Doug.

[Kiran Poonacha]

This is the best of the lot bhai, everything works well here.. congrats..