Sandhill Cranes

Hi David!  Congrats on the rare find!  Nice image too.  The detail is excellent with the eyes tack sharp.  Very cool!

Good sharpness, detail and color in the cranes. Your dof make the birds separate nice from the background also. It is always fun to find birds some where you don't expect. The cranes are starting to fill up the Platte river here. 

David, Nice capture of these Sandhill Cranes. We have a lot of them back from their winter migration here now. They will be here until late fall and I really watching them and hearing the sounds they make. Early every morning I can set in a chair outside of my studio and listen to them with a cup of coffee. I also like how they change color to almost a red as the summer season goes on and then back towards gray.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI.

You hit the sweet spot with the focus as the cranes are tack sharp, David. My only suggestion would be to burn down the path a little or maybe a crop of some of it. Not a deal breaker though as this is nicely done.

Ed

David,
I love the capture of the subtle browns in their wings. That is something usually looked over with these cranes. The focus on the eyes is dead on. Glad you captured them with some grasses. I live in an area where there literally are about 3 million of these at once on the Platte River during their stopover before migrating north. My grandfather used to curse them vividly on his farm grounds near the river. Little did he know at that time how much value they bring to our grounds and ecology. The only comment I have is also to burn the road a little and maybe slightly crop the right side. The depth of field is dead on as well. If you want come on down to sit in a blind along the river to capture these birds at sunrise sitting and making noise on the river, it's a humbling experience and then watching them lift off as well.