Japan has been beyond amazing. These battling Red-crowned Cranes were photographed on March 7 at the Tsurui Itoh Sanctuary, Hokkaido, Japan with the Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens and the EOS-1D MIV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +2 stops of the white snow: 1/1600 sec. at f/5.6.
And yes, AF works at times in the snow. About 1/2 the time. My success rate with action and flight using manual focus is about .000074 so I figured that I was better off at 50-50 :).
Don't be shy; all comments welcome. I will be home at midday on Tuesday, March 13 and am looking forward to it after two very long trips of nearly a month each: the Southern Oceans trip and the Japan IPT. Yeah, I know--no sympathy for me.
Small crop from behind. NIK Color Efex Pro/Detail Extractor/Tonal Contrast brought this to life. Lot more on Japan and NIK by clicking here and then scrolling down.







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