Posted by Paul Ashton on December 17, 2007 at 3:43 PM
Africa's largest and rarest Crane. Status critically endangered.
6ft tall and weighing 14lbs it enjoys the wetlands around the Okavango Delta
This shot taken in Moremi, Botswana November 2005 on a 10D with 100-400 lens.
Posted by Edwin kats on December 17, 2007 at 3:48 PM
Magnificent birds and well captured. Great exposure and lots of detail. Must have been a great trip.
Edwin Kats
Posted by Rob Howard on December 17, 2007 at 4:13 PM
Hi Paul,
Do these birds really stand 6ft tall?? As edwin says nice exposure. Nice to get a little flock together but would have been nice also just to have the bird on the right of frame on it's own.
Thanks for sharing an image of a bird I've never seen and know very little about.
Regards
Rob
Posted by John Chapman on December 17, 2007 at 4:47 PM
Nice capture here Paul.
John
Aberdeen
Posted by Mark Sisson on December 18, 2007 at 3:49 AM
Lovely birds well photographed.
toast:
Mark
Posted by Ian Andrews on December 18, 2007 at 4:08 AM
Jealous!
Posted by Graeme Lee on December 18, 2007 at 4:15 PM
Cool shot of some cool birds. Hope we don't kill them off totally
Discussion
6 replies6ft tall and weighing 14lbs it enjoys the wetlands around the Okavango Delta
This shot taken in Moremi, Botswana November 2005 on a 10D with 100-400 lens.
Edwin Kats
Do these birds really stand 6ft tall?? As edwin says nice exposure. Nice to get a little flock together but would have been nice also just to have the bird on the right of frame on it's own.
Thanks for sharing an image of a bird I've never seen and know very little about.
Regards
Rob
John
Aberdeen
toast:
Mark