This Sandhill Crane was photographed at Vierra Wetlands last year. 40D, 500 f/4 +1.4X, 1/1000, f/6.3, ISO 400. I removed some OOF trees from the LRC to even out the overcast sky background. Comments are welcome.
Strong and simple composition, with strong sense of flow up the neck and out the bill. With that in mind, I might try a version with a bit more room to the right. Nice exposure, sharpness.
This is outstanding Steve. I love the simplicity of the image and the technical aspects such as sharpness, exposure, BG are spot on. The "action" pose adds a lot too.
I agree with the positives above, and also would like to see this with more room to the right. With a slight head turn towards us, this would be killer (it still is excellent).