Sandhill Crane taking off -- Motion Blur
by Judi Dressler
Title
Sandhill Crane taking off -- Motion Blur
Artist
Judi Dressler
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
It was still dark in the very early morning, but already the Sandhill Cranes ( Grus canadensis ) were taking off from the lake and were flying to the corn fields, where they spend their day eating and hanging out. Because it was still quite dark, I was not able to get a fast shutter speed, so decided to try some panned shots with a slow shutter, which resulted in a motion blur and a feeling of speed. I especially like this shot of a crane running on the freezing water just as s/he was taking off.
Thousands of Sandhill Cranes winter over at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico, along with thousands of Snow Geese. These tall cranes are so beautiful and elegant, and group together in great numbers in the fields, lakes and sky, filling the air with their amazing distinctive magical rolling cries.
Photo taken on January 10, 2019, at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge.
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January 11th, 2019
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Comments (14)
Debra Lynch
Absolutely gorgeously Stunning and Fantastic artwork! I love it! L/F ~ Sincerely Debra ~
Don Columbus
Congratulations Judi, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings" I invite you to place it in the group's "2019 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
William Tasker
It was a pleasure to view this wonderful and named bird image that is now exhibited among the homepage features for the group, Wild Birds Of The World - A Nature Photography Group. L/F
Wes Iversen
Great job adapting to the low light, Judi, and an excellent result! Not only did you get some super motion blur, but you nailed the focus on the head and eye! Well done! LF