It's Amazing When That Happens

[Arthur Morris]

Sandhill Crane at sunset dancing with dead grasses

This image was created on 11 November 2022 down by the lake near my home at Indian Lake Estates, FL. While seated on the grass, I used the handheld Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS lens (at 426mm) and The One, the Sony Alpha 1 Mirrorless digital camera. ) The exposure was determined using Zebra technology with ISO on the Thumb Dial. ISO 5000. 1/1000 second at f/6.3 (wide-open) in Manual Mode. AWB at 5:46pm right at sunset on a mostly cloudy afternoon. RawDigger showed the exposure to be dead-solid perfect with the center of the sun ball over-exposed just a bit. Tracking: Zone AF-C with Bird Face/Eye Detection produced a sharp image. Be sure to click on the image to enjoy a high-res version.

I headed down to the lake on a totally cloudy afternoon twenty minutes before sunset. The western sky brightened a bit. I found two cranes just standing there. I sat down, and then the magic happened. Read the whole story in the blog post here.

I added canvas on the right (in several steps using Content-Aware Fill.

As for the image, all comments are welcome.

with love, arite