Sandhill Crane Landing

[Jia Liu]

1DIII, 800mm, f/5.6, 1/320, ISO400, cropped to 16:9 from full frame, taken at the crane pool in Bosque.

[Fabs Forns]

Pose does not get much better than this, maybe only the head a little higher to clear the body. Great EXP control and nice, soft light. Good non-intrusive habitat and I like the motion implied in the wing tips.

[Bonnie Block]

Beautiful pose--love the soft light and bg.
Maybe just a bit more contrast needed viewing on my monitor.

[Jim Fenton]

Agree with Bonnie on the contrast and Fabs on the head position.

I might have opened up the underside of the wings a bit to take less attention from the brightness of the back of the head...even though I do realize that realistically they were in shadow.

[Kiran Poonacha]

loved the pose here, nice details and I loved the off grass in the frame..