Mandy Vien
December 2024 - Sandhill Cranes
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About the Image(s)
Sandhill cranes stops by corn fields on their migration path. After farmers harvest corn stocks, sandhill cranes are the cleanup crew, quietly picking up the left over. They are super shy, hiding away in farm land away from the road. After driving around for 2 hours, we found about 10 cranes. By the time we got off the car with our cameras, they started flying out. I was only able to take a few shots of them luckily a few are in focus.
I do not have access to my raw file for exact setting. I will add detail when I am home.
Camera: R5
Lens: 100-500
7 comments posted
Mandy
I like your composition Mandy. Each crane is in a different sequence in flight.
I am not a good BIF photographer but I am going to work at it more this winter. You did very well here and were rewarded for perseverance handsomely.
Regards
Emil Posted: 12/03/2024 19:52:13
I like your composition Mandy. Each crane is in a different sequence in flight.
I am not a good BIF photographer but I am going to work at it more this winter. You did very well here and were rewarded for perseverance handsomely.
Regards
Emil Posted: 12/03/2024 19:52:13
Michael Laezza
Mandy - this is a great picture. The few times I tried to capture birds in flight they were blurry, out of focus and not very interesting. I like the original very much with the red/orange colors in the birds echoed in the trees in the background. The B&W treatment isolates the birds and their individual flight sequence becomes the main focus. Posted: 12/05/2024 00:08:39
Mandy Vien
Emil and Michael, thank you for your comments.
I didn't even realize that the birds are in different flight stage. This is probably a family with parents leading the juvenile. I have many thousands of sandhill cranes in flight in past few years. This sequence (October 2024) is the only one with least number of birds, in focus and large enough to use after cropping.
Posted: 12/05/2024 01:41:34
I didn't even realize that the birds are in different flight stage. This is probably a family with parents leading the juvenile. I have many thousands of sandhill cranes in flight in past few years. This sequence (October 2024) is the only one with least number of birds, in focus and large enough to use after cropping.
Posted: 12/05/2024 01:41:34
What a marvelous photograph! Like Mike, I find both the original and monochrome images appealing. Frankly, I think you should print and hang both versions. I can't think of a single thing that would enhance your images. Well done!
Posted: 12/09/2024 18:29:50
Posted: 12/09/2024 18:29:50
What a very beautiful picture - I love it.
The distance between the birds, their arrangement in the picture, the different wings - as Emil said: your persistence paid off.
I wondered why the bird on the top left has a different head and beak than the others.
Well done!
Posted: 12/11/2024 14:26:04
The distance between the birds, their arrangement in the picture, the different wings - as Emil said: your persistence paid off.
I wondered why the bird on the top left has a different head and beak than the others.
Well done!
Posted: 12/11/2024 14:26:04
Mandy Vien
Hi Adrian, i believe this is a family of cranes. The top bird with red crown is the male, with the smaller female below. The following bird is a juvenile as it is lighter in color.
Posted: 12/20/2024 06:37:05
Posted: 12/20/2024 06:37:05
Patience paid off. This is a very nice image. I like how the birds standout from the background in your image. Posted: 12/19/2024 12:50:06