Avian Image of the Week Jon Saperia for week ending 6/3/2011 -Sand Hill Cranes take off

[Roman Kurywczak]

Congratulations Jon Saperia for your image "Sand Hill Cranes take off" being chosen as the Avian Image of the Week for the week ending 6/3/2011!!!

A very cold December morning in 2009 at Bosque Del Apache.

I have not posted to this forum before, but I like to try to shoot pairs when I can.

Nikon D700, 600mm at f 7.1, ISO 500 at 1/600, manual. Processed in NX2, Cropped, Light/Color/Sharpness adjustments.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Jon, my heartiest congratulations. What a shot !!

[denise ippolito]

Whooohooo!! Big Congrats Jon!! Well deserved!

[Jon Saperia]

Thanks all, I appreciate it. It is nice when an image comes together and people like it.
/jon

[Melissa Groo]

Congratulations Jon, this is a stupendous shot! Well deserved.

[Indranil Sircar]

Congratulations Jon! Outstanding and an well deserved one.

[John Platt]

Timing is everything.... well done.

[Brendan Dozier]

Wonderful capture and comp, Jon, congratulations!

[Harshad Barve]

Congratulations Jon

[Marina Scarr]

When I first saw this image, Iknew it was going to be a contender for IOTW. Congrats!

[Jon Saperia]

Thank you Marina, I posted this some time ago - you note caused me to look at the image again. I still like it.
/jon