The last three days have been very frustrating for two days we had lots of mist but the birds were there,today no mist and they flew off just as we arrived.
Here is another image from the original sighting.
EOS 1D MkIII
28-300mm at 300mm hand-held on foot.
F6.3, ISO 800, 1/320
Here is a link for more info on this amazing creature
What a stunning looking bird,
I like the pose, HA and the green BG.
Though I'm not sure about the river bed, it makes image special.
From here I can see a few artifacts around the bill and head (I'm with my laptop)
Thank you Ken, for posting the link as I didn't have much information about these beautiful birds, now I feel even more fortunate to have had a sighting. I'm hoping they will survive the continuing conflicting use of natural resources.
Your crane is sharp and pops out nicely from the bg; interesting that the blue of the crane is so like that in the stones. Thanks again.
A beautiful bird for sure. It has a very friendly look to it. Great of you to be able to photograph it!
Would you have been able to get lower by any chance? Reason for this is that I am not crazy about the rocks' horizon line skimming over the crane's back and across it's neck. By getting down lower (if possible, of course) you may have been able to lower that line to run behind the back and chest instead.
Still, nice image and thanks for the informative link.
Nice pose and the detail in the bird looks great. I think the intersection of the rock/foliage boundary with the bird's neck is distracting. Moving up would put the line above the bird, down would move the line to a less distracting position. I think moving down would be best, but I'm not sure.
Blue Crane 2
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