Gallery: AvianPosted November 23, 2012286 views10 comments
Merced NWR - 20,000 cranes winter here.
D300s
500mm
1/2500 sec, f/8
Mode: Manual
Metering: Center-weighted average
Exp comp: -2/3
ISO: 800
White balance: Auto
Comments
10 comments
Comment posted by Jim Hansen on November 23, 2012 at 4:55 PM
Nice image of these beautiful birds Sandy. Good lighting and good detail. Love seeing both top side and bottom side of their wings in one picture.
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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on November 23, 2012 at 6:16 PM
Nice pair and composition.
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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on November 23, 2012 at 6:25 PM
Lovely image. I like that one crane's wings are up and the other is down. Very sharp. Good job.
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Comment posted by John Tobias on November 23, 2012 at 9:47 PM
Nice one Sandy : I also like the wing positions of the two cranes. Maybe just a bit darker? thanks for sharing.
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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on November 24, 2012 at 1:36 PM
Nice image, Sandy. Maybe toning down the exposure and allowing a bit more room to fly into would also work.
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Comment posted by KC Choo on November 24, 2012 at 2:09 PM
Excellent frame - cadence exactly!
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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on November 24, 2012 at 9:56 PM
Hi Sandy:
Nice capture of this pair of cranes. Always adds with one full stroke up and the second full stroke down. Nicely done.
It does feel just a bit bright to me. I played a bit with the image by adding a levels adjustment layer and moving the black point in to 31 and the midpoint slider to .77. I think it improved the image.
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Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on November 25, 2012 at 8:13 AM
My dream shot! Only we don't have cranes here so the birds would be swans. Excellent image!
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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on November 26, 2012 at 11:09 PM
Way to cool, wonderful timing to get this Sandy, the opposite wing position really makes the image, well done.
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Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on November 26, 2012 at 11:22 PM
Love this shot. When did you take it? Perhaps Merced is in our future in the next couple of months.
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Comments
10 commentsNice capture of this pair of cranes. Always adds with one full stroke up and the second full stroke down. Nicely done.
It does feel just a bit bright to me. I played a bit with the image by adding a levels adjustment layer and moving the black point in to 31 and the midpoint slider to .77. I think it improved the image.