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18-JUN-2005 Steve Sprengel

Steve Sprengel

Crane Meadow
Nebraska Wildlife Safari

Sandhill Cranes
I'm still adding other images from this trip:
http://www.pbase.com/ssprengel/wildlife_safari

Canon EOS 300D Digital Rebel
1/200s f/8.0 at 100.0mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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jeanb21-Jun-2005 14:41
Awesome grouping and an excellent capture considering you were shooting against the sun. I imagine they didn't exactly stand and pose for the shot to give you time for a perfect exposure.
The green at the bottom is a little distracting and if it were my image I'd try to duplicate the colour of the other grass.
I'm envious of this shot!
Steve Sprengel19-Jun-2005 18:56
For whitebalancing, I concentrated on getting the bird's feathers the gray on their neck and reddish on their back; however, there is green reflecting up from the ground and they are backlight so the other illumination is from the blue sky, not the sun. The green of the weeds at the bottom is perhaps a little too strong, but they are not grass, which is more yellow in the background.
heather h 19-Jun-2005 06:10
I almost feel like I'm on another planet. I don't think I've ever seen any of those birds in our city. Nice grouping and composition Steve! Did you do any color adjustments? The green grass at the bottom of the shot looks a little off, but it could just be my monitor.