Lift Off

Gallery: AvianPosted December 5, 20142,243 views13 comments

Just back from my annual Bosque Del Apache Workshop. Had a great time with a great group of folks.

Had a chance to meet some fellow NPN'ers, Kurt Bowman, Bill Leggett and Sharon Sims (who attended our workshop). Always fun to meet folks in person.
Looking forward to seeing images from these folks and their portfolio from the Bosque.

This is one from the crane pools one morning. I shot a series of 20 frames as this Sandhill took off. I enjoyed the splash and leg positions from this frame.

Canon 7D Mark II
500mm f/4 L IS
1/1000 @ f/6.3
ISO 640

Larger version included.

This has a small crop from the bottom, other than that full frame.

Thanks for taking a look an providing your thoughts.

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Max Waugh on December 5, 2014 at 6:45 PM

You caught a nice pose here, Keith, with a great background to really make those wings pop. I like the mix of dark and light tones in the crane's body and plumage.

Max

Registered on September 26, 2008, 428 Posts, 2329 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Leggett on December 5, 2014 at 7:59 PM

Nice timing and sweet pose with the lifted leg, Keith. Judging by all the Snowy feathers many had taken flight by then.

I'll post a few of mine once I get back home to my REAL monitor

Registered on July 21, 2004, 706 Posts, 3233 Comments

Comment posted by Peter Cross on December 5, 2014 at 8:46 PM

Looks like a sprinter with full leg extension on one leg and getting ready to plant the other. Nice feather detail in the wings particularly the color shading. Lots of tones of gray in this image but then there is that bright yellow eye. Well composed and good choice of an image to work up.

Registered on April 3, 2010, 271 Posts, 1342 Comments

Comment posted by Hans Overduin on December 6, 2014 at 3:16 AM

Nice caught-in-the-action shot ! I like the splashing as well !Cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by keith mitchell on December 6, 2014 at 4:19 AM

Keith you really caught this beautifully, agree your dark and light tones really lift this image, great piece of work

Keith..

Registered on July 12, 2008, 127 Posts, 1735 Comments

Comment posted by John Neukirch on December 6, 2014 at 7:49 AM

A beautiful image Keith and if I didn't already know you were at Bosque I would of thought the photograph was taken somewhere else. Usually you can immediately (or at least guess) tell a crane image is from Bosque by that famous warm light. This capture is quite interesting to me because of the cool colors. Look forward to seeing more from the workshop.

Registered on July 9, 2012, 207 Posts, 1476 Comments

Comment posted by Jerry Austin on December 6, 2014 at 10:03 AM

Great capture. Love the pose and splashing water.Teh crane stands out very well against the background.

Registered on January 6, 2012, 651 Posts, 3448 Comments

Comment posted by Steve Thompson on December 7, 2014 at 2:32 PM

Really sweet capture Keith. Legs and wings in perfect position. Love the action portrayed.

Registered on August 7, 2014, 125 Posts, 2319 Comments

Comment posted by Charles Gangas on December 7, 2014 at 4:05 PM

Great action here Keith, sounds and looks like you had a very productive workshop.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on December 10, 2014 at 9:17 PM

Always love these take-off shots Keith. I need to start posting a few....just behind on processing, but starting to catch up a little. Great to meet you and excellent action caught here. Love the wing position and trailing water. Getting these isolated is also a very hard task with all the BG birds. Nice work!

Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments

Comment posted by Sharron Sims on December 10, 2014 at 9:58 PM

It's really funny Keith, I came home from the workshop with an image of the same bird, same moment, just a little different angle. We must have had our eyes on this one at the same time. I doubt that mine is processed as well as yours though

Registered on April 28, 2014, 54 Posts, 166 Comments

Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on December 20, 2014 at 6:24 PM

Wonderful shot, and the colors are not the typical I have seen before. Love the blacks and grays.

Registered on March 13, 2011, 326 Posts, 1679 Comments

Comment posted by Martin Dunn on December 21, 2014 at 9:24 AM

another super shot Keith. Beautifully caught in the act of running/take off.
my only slight (very slight) niggle is that your shooting position is slightly behind the crane, I'd love to see this shot from a position slightly in front of the crane. Not asking much I know.

Registered on February 20, 2013, 198 Posts, 1011 Comments