A sandhill crane looks to the sky for its mate as the sun sets behind distant mountains. The lake behind the bird is still frozen from the cold morning. Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge.
Canon 5D Mark II, 500 mm f/4 L IS lens plus 1.4x TC. ISO 200, 1/2000 second at f/6.3. Crop to 17.7 megapixels.
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