Sandhill Crane

[Roy Priest]

He was calling to some other cranes a little ways away.

Nikon D300S
Lens: VR 500mm F/4G
Focal Length: 700mm
Aperture: F/5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/400s
Tripod

[Richard Pittam]

He was calling to some other cranes a little ways away.

Nikon D300S
Lens: VR 500mm F/4G
Focal Length: 700mm
Aperture: F/5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/400s
Tripod

Fantastically sharp image. The only picky point would be if the OOF grass stalks under the bill could have been cloned out - v.difficult to do though. well captured.
Cheers.
Richard

[Julie Kenward]

Neat image, Roy! I've only seen these birds once when I was in MI last year - are they this white? I was thinking they were a tad more to the yellow side. You might look at adding a bit of warmth if you think it's fitting.

I really like the pose and HA on this one. The way he appears right in the middle of the grass...really lovely.

[Roy Priest]

Fantastically sharp image. The only picky point would be if the OOF grass stalks under the bill could have been cloned out - v.difficult to do though. well captured.
Cheers.
Richard

THanks Richard. I did clone those reeds that were above the beak but decided to leave the ones below.

[Roy Priest]

Neat image, Roy! I've only seen these birds once when I was in MI last year - are they this white? I was thinking they were a tad more to the yellow side. You might look at adding a bit of warmth if you think it's fitting.

I really like the pose and HA on this one. The way he appears right in the middle of the grass...really lovely.

Julie, they are more grey (bluish) than yellow.