Malheur Sandhill II

Gallery: AvianPosted January 27, 2016125 views4 comments

With apologies to David. Sorry to be so late to the Malheur postings. Here's one from this past spring. I didn't encounter any great numbers, but did have some very nice light with one pair for just a few minutes before they flew. This one was just starting to think about leaving.

7D2, 500mm f4 ISL + 1.4TC, beanbag on truck window, f/8, 1/640, iso 500, aperture priority, center-weighted average metering. Processed in LR5 & CS6. Cropped to 11.3 MP, taken March 20, 2015 at 6:18 AM near the Buena Vista ponds.

It sounds like things are resolving themselves at the refuge and hopefully it will return to normal very soon.

Thanks for looking,

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Comment posted by David Bogener on January 27, 2016 at 6:39 PM

Another nice sandhill image from Malheur. Nicely exposed. Did you get him as he took off?

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Comment posted by David Schoen on January 27, 2016 at 7:16 PM

Beautiful light on this image. It does seem to be thinking about something. I didn't see any flying; they were all eating.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on January 27, 2016 at 10:36 PM

Dave B. asked if I got the takeoff. I did, but it took off away from me so I didn't bother processing any of them.

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on January 28, 2016 at 11:11 AM

Interesting pose Dennis. Great light and the color palettes warm tones are very complimentary to the image. I would love to go there sometime. Well done!

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