Crane Duo

[david cramer]

Sandhill Cranes usually take off in family groups of two or more, giving us a chance to catch them in synced patterns. I was pleasantly surprised to also get head shadows on these. "Two heads are better than one."

D3 with 500vr+1.7tc, f/8, 1/1250, ev -0.33, iso 800

[Jim Fenton]

Great positioning on both birds,excellent sharpness and exposure David.

I kinda like the head shadows on the inner wings.

Perhaps just a bit of CW rotation?

[Marc Mol]

Beautiful David, very pleasing image, with nice symmetry in golden light.
Now if we could just crank up the landing gear on the second SC :D

[denise ippolito]

David, Beautiful symmetry and details. I love the head shadows. Very cool! Great lighting and exposure.

[Juan Aragonés]

Hey David, did you used the cloning tool to get two birds in the frame?:p:)
Wow, they are really synchronized. I like a lot the shadow of the head in the right wing of both birds, the sinchronization of wing beat, light and action. Very good capture

[stuart wanuck]

nice capture now if i could only get one of those 500 mm vr lenses good image
agree with rotation

[Steve Maxson]

Great job of getting both birds in sharp focus and with synchronized wing movements. I too like the head shadows. To my eye, to rotation looks OK as presented. IMO, this strong image would be even better if you selectively blurred the background a bit. Well done.

[david cramer]

Thanks for all comments and suggestions. The rotation was a bit tricky as I had the small hill line (running behind front bird) and water line to balance between.

Great job of getting both birds in sharp focus and with synchronized wing movements. I too like the head shadows. To my eye, to rotation looks OK as presented. IMO, this strong image would be even better if you selectively blurred the background a bit. Well done.

I agree. I'll do some further touch up on the bg. Thanks, Steve.

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

Lovely image David. Like the angle of flight, postures & composition.

[Harshad Barve]

lovely image David , nice pose and compo here
TFS

[Ofer Levy]

Great shot!! I love the shadow on the wing and how silimar the poses look. If anything I would add some more room to the right to make this more of a pano crop.

[Bonnie Block]

They are really nice, David.
Great light and super angle.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Two Good David, loved the pose, both birds well in focus and the inclusion of the environ adds very well here... congrats..

[Nate Chappell]

Sweet lighting and image David, nice to get both sharp!