Sandhill Crane Calling

[Kurt Bowman]

• SONY ILCE-1
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter
• ƒ/9
• 840mm
• 1/4000s
• ISO 800
• Kurt Bowman
• Flash not fired
• Mon, 06 December 2021 7:45 AM
• Kurt Bowman
• Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 12.2.1 (Macintosh)

Just a portrait from Bosque Del Apache WR.

A1
200-600mm
1.4 TC
shot at 840mm
1/4000 at f/9
ISO 800

 

[Dorian Anderson]

The calling pose is great and the details super, but the shot is lacking punch. The red, in particular, jus seems a bit flat. I might raise the global exposure a bit and see what that does. Also, there is a lot of noise for ISO 800. It's visible on the BG but not on the bird.

 

[Arthur Morris]

• SONY ILCE-1
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter
• ƒ/9
• 840mm
• 1/4000s
• ISO 800
• Kurt Bowman
• Flash not fired
• Mon, 06 December 2021 7:45 AM
• Kurt Bowman
• Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 12.2.1 (Macintosh)

Tough to get that close in NM. Working off Dorian's suggestions, I opened up the REDs and the background with the luminance sliders in Color Mixer. Then a small crop from the upper left and I eliminated the large dark area under the bill.

with love, artie

 

[William Dickson]

Very nice Kurt....Really good detail and perfect HA...The repost does enhance the image as the OP was a wee bit dull....I like the colour of the BG, it shows the bird well.

Will

 

[Volkan Akgul]

hi Kurt,

very good profil. Artie, more vivid and eye-catching.
congratulations

 

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Kurt ... a very good solid portrait of the Crane .
I do like the calling and the mud caked bill .
OP is too dark and Artie´s RP has taken it up a notch .
Why is there so " much " grain at the low ISO in the BG ???!!

TFS Andreas

 

[Daniel Cadieux]

I love these types of close up images. The bit of wet mud really adds a lot here - it lets us know it was foraging Artie's repost adds that needed umph. I suppose some NR could be applied to the BG.