Crane Take-off

Gallery: AvianPosted March 14, 201160 views3 comments

Grey Crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum) in Lewa Conservancy, Kenya

As the last light of the day disappeared after the sun had set, there were still a few moments where one could see...And I saw a flock of cranes settling on a dead tree...they looked ready to take off again so, pressing my lens deep into the bean bag, I took this long shutter speed shot of one of them taking off...

Converted to high contrast B/W and added toning.

Nikon D300
AF-S VR 300mm f/2,8
ISO 640
f/4,0
1/15

Comments

3 comments

Comment posted by Emil von Maltitz on March 14, 2011 at 11:27 AM

I really like this Ingrid. It reminds of a Japanese line painting. One thing i can't decide is whether a smidgeon should be shaved off the top and right sides of the frame. I like it regardless of that though.

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on March 14, 2011 at 4:56 PM

I think this would fit as photo as art better. The bird is a little to much of a blur to me, but it certainly has an artistic look to it,

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Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on March 14, 2011 at 11:48 PM

This image holds a lot of appeal to me Ingrid, as what I really aspire to with my wildlife photography is to be able to eventually create more artistic representations of what I see, rather than simply technically correct recordings of natural history as it were.

Not sure if this would be an improvement or not, but something tells me if this were mine I might try to completely desaturate the tree, making it virtually black, as I think this image might possibly work even better as a complete silhouette.

I still like this as is, and I'm looking forward to seeing more of your creative work in time :^)

Kind regards,

Ashley

Registered on March 1, 2011, 154 Posts, 2083 Comments