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cranes

Near the intersection of Coors Blvd and Paseo Del Norte in Albuquerque, from late fall to around February or so, LOADS of these guys fly in. I was, believe it o...
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Near the intersection of Coors Blvd and Paseo Del Norte in Albuquerque, from late fall to around February or so, LOADS of these guys fly in. I was, believe it or not, using a manual focus (i got really lucky there) 500mm lens. I love the detail in his wings
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PENTAX *ist DL

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ISO 200 Shutter 1/2000

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Sep, 2014

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Behind The Lens

Location

I was very lucky with this shot. Sandhill Cranes fly into a certain field near where I used to live in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I took a manual focus 500mm lens to really reach out and get them just chilling in the field, and I happened to see this one coming in for a landing. I got really lucky with this shot considering it was manually focused, on a "flying object"

Time

I don't recall the exact time because it was more than 9 years ago, but I'm thinking mid morning, around 11am for some reason

Lighting

side lit, bright sunshine. The shade in the background is the west face of the Sandia Mountains

Equipment

Pentax k30, no name 500mm manual focus lens

Inspiration

These cranes migrating is kind of a big thing in New Mexico, especially at the Bosque Del Apache wildlife refuge.That these relatively few chose a field near my house was amazing to me and I had to try for it

Editing

Cropping and a bit of detail processing or the wings

In my camera bag

Camera and a couple of lenses, ALWAYS carry a polarizing filter, although I didn't use it for this photo

Feedback

Patience. Shoot a lot of photos

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cranes

Near the intersection of Coors Blvd and Paseo Del Norte in Albuquerque, from late fall to around February or so, LOADS of these guys fly in. I was, believe it o... Read more

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Near the intersection of Coors Blvd and Paseo Del Norte in Albuquerque, from late fall to around February or so, LOADS of these guys fly in. I was, believe it o...
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