Had the opportunity to photograph the sandhill migration in Grand Island Ne from the blinds at the Crane Trust. Cloudy and rain til the last morning for sunrise- 100,000 cranes sitting on the sandbars of the Platte river before flying off to feed in the cornfields. 80% of the sandhills migrate thru this area with about 500,000 present during this time- the sounds of the cranes with the sun coming up is an experience I will not forget.
Canon 5DMkII, 100-400L IS
They're both great. The first one I'd crop to vertical, putting the sun and bird in the center of the horizontal frame. The second one -- WOW! Maybe crop off the super-oof stuff at the bottom, but again -- WOW!
Wow indeed. #1 and #2 are both super cool. I agree with both of Todd's cropping suggestions, or maybe even turning the first one into more of a rectangular horizontal taking off some of the sky and bottom. Nice job!
Definitely a wow! All have a lot going for them, but I like #1 the best. The silhouette above the setting sun. The warm colors. The line of birds below... Well done.
Oops! Looks like I was too quick on the trigger. I love that third one! Looks like a sequence shot, like that pano I posted a few weeks back. I'd lobby for "inventing" a little more room above that one wing (helloooo, CS5!), but that's it.
A fine collection, indeed! You really scored here. Not just with images, but being at this place during this time.
Todd's advice sounds good to me, too.
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I've had Grand Island on my ToDo list for some time.
Todd's advice sounds good to me, too.