Sandhill Crane
I was hoping to get back to Bosque this winter but our schedules aren't going to work for it. I was reviewing some old images and found this one from 2010 that I rather like. The equipment was old and I could probably get a little better IQ today. Canon 5D2, 300mm f/2.8 IS + 1.4X TC II. ISO 400, f/5.6, 1/3000 sec. First light at dawn. Don't remember if I was on a tripod or handholding, but I do remember I was freezing to death.
Just very basic LR adjustments (revisited with the latest version) and into PS for some extremely slight BG retouching -- removal of about two OOF weeds. Did a Nik Detail Extractor on the head, which was tonally a little flat, and a touch of local contrast on the near wing. It's cropped to 40% of the full frame. I would have preferred more pixels on the subject.
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