Sandhill Crane - Profile

Gallery: AvianPosted September 1, 2010113 views14 comments

Family of Sandhills live down the road from the house. Here is a little profile view of one of the adults.

Nikkor 200-400 F4 Lens, with a 1.4X t.c.
Focal length 550MM
ISO 250
Aperture F5.8
Shutter 1/500 sec

90 percent full frame

Comments

14 comments

Comment posted by Luke Ormand on September 1, 2010 at 10:33 PM

Ridiculous detail, great light and a pleasent BG

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on September 1, 2010 at 11:16 PM

Very neat portrait, Eric. It does look as if the white patches on the cheek are blown a bit. You might be able to bring them down in RAW. I like the bg and the details in the plumage. The eye really pops.

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Gulash on September 2, 2010 at 12:56 AM

They must be quite habituated you your presence, you were able to get in so close! Neat portrait. The dark area in the background above the head is mildly distracting from the beautiful red head and eye.

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Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on September 2, 2010 at 3:19 AM

Cool shot, Eric.I like it !
Mauro

Registered on January 21, 2010, 650 Posts, 2500 Comments

Comment posted by Ákos Lumnitzer on September 2, 2010 at 4:22 AM

The dark drop from the top is a bit distracting to me. Otherwise a very, very fine and detailed image. Well done.

Registered on April 24, 2004, 25 Posts, 510 Comments

Comment posted by Hali Sowle on September 2, 2010 at 9:38 AM

Superb detail, great colors and wonderful light. Fantastic portrait Eric!

Registered on January 9, 2008, 36 Posts, 582 Comments

Comment posted by Soubhik Patranabis on September 2, 2010 at 11:29 AM

Great detail Eric.

Registered on January 25, 2010, 54 Posts, 610 Comments

Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on September 2, 2010 at 12:15 PM

Great close up !
Jagdeep Rajput

Registered on April 29, 2008, 686 Posts, 2857 Comments

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on September 2, 2010 at 6:14 PM

Sweet portrait Eric, the open beak and green bg make this one for me.

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on September 2, 2010 at 7:29 PM

I'm very jealous that you can get this close Eric - fun to see such detail. I especially like seeing the beak at such close range.

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Comment posted by Eric Diller on September 2, 2010 at 9:08 PM

Thanks for the nice comments!
The more I look at the photo the more that dark spot and green circle above his head is starting to bother me.
Think i am going to play around with that!

Thanks again for the feed back!

Registered on October 2, 2009, 69 Posts, 434 Comments

Comment posted by Mia McPherson on September 3, 2010 at 2:03 PM

Eric,

Very nice to get this close to a sandhill, in Florida I found that was possible, not so much here in Utah.

I agree with the others about that dark spot at the top of the frame, I'd also suggest desaturating the greens slightly.

Great look at the eye and the open bill is super.