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Posted by LHays on Fri Dec 19, 2003 7:54 am

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I have hesitated to post pictures from Bosque as there have been so many great images over the last few weeks. I have come back to this one several times as I like the detail. I had wondered what was on the leg and didn't have it figured out until Alan Melle posted his shot with an explanation of the ice ring. This one was shot on my last morning early at the crane pool.

I cropped this one several ways and decided that by making it a pano I could keep more of the detail at the larger size but am unsure if it is right.

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by AlexC on Fri Dec 19, 2003 7:58 am
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Wonderful capture of a SHC in flight, wonderful light to boot as well, excellent detail and I have to agree with an ice ring!!!
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by fredcor on Fri Dec 19, 2003 8:09 am
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What a great flight shot, the wing tips are fantastic!

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by Dick Ginkowski on Fri Dec 19, 2003 8:11 am
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I agree with Alex -- and don't hesitate!
 

by Bill Whala on Fri Dec 19, 2003 8:36 am
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No need to hesitate on this one, Lana. This is great!! Excellent detail and the ice ring is a big bonus. :D
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by Jim Neely on Fri Dec 19, 2003 8:38 am
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This is a neat shot.

You did very well and there shouldn't be any reason to hesitate to post it. The pano crop is good, too.

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by Alan Murphy on Fri Dec 19, 2003 9:53 am
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Wonderful photo lana. The detail is great. Just wish we could see his eye.
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by BrianS on Fri Dec 19, 2003 10:06 am
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Cool to get one with an ice ring -- nice catch.
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by Sandy Mossberg on Fri Dec 19, 2003 10:14 am
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Beautiful detail, Lana. Your next mission is to get a bird with ice rings on both legs and around the neck.
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by Jim Urbach on Fri Dec 19, 2003 10:17 am
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Lana,

Lovely flight image. Wonderful wing detail. This ice ring is up quite high on his leg.

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by Alan Melle on Fri Dec 19, 2003 10:18 am
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Way to go, Lana! I figured with all the photographers there someone else had to have gotten a SHC showing ice on a leg. Nice shot!
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by DC on Fri Dec 19, 2003 10:24 am
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Superb detail and a good choice of crop. Congrats.
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by Cliff Beittel on Fri Dec 19, 2003 10:42 am
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Alan Murphy wrote:. . . Just wish we could see his eye. . . .
See, Alan, I knew it was that digital camera making your photos. The eye is quite clear here, and getting the eye of a big bird in a JPEG isn't always easy.

I'm not usually fond of odd crops, but the bird here is fantastic--great light, great posture--in my book, one of the stronger images from this year's Bosque crop.
 

by Neil Solomon on Fri Dec 19, 2003 10:54 am
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After seeing Alan ice ring shot I checke my images more closely and sure enough found a few of my own. Your ice ring is a little different. This Crane was in pretty deep :D The image is very powerful and I like the crop.
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by Carol Clarke on Fri Dec 19, 2003 11:02 am
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Superb shot Lana! wonderful detail to show the individual wing feather positions. Excellent! 8)
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by Anthony Medici on Fri Dec 19, 2003 12:12 pm
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Alan Melle wrote:Way to go, Lana! I figured with all the photographers there someone else had to have gotten a SHC showing ice on a leg. Nice shot!
I got a number of images with small bits of ice on their legs. The original one shown, had a pretty large piece attached and I haven't seen one of mine with a piece that large.

Lana, nice approach shot. It's generally tough to do approach shots like this because of the shadowing. It's also hard to show the whole Sandhill crane wing span in an image this large since the eye is such a small part of the image due to the size of the bird and the angle of the eye. This must look great full size because it looks very good at this size.
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by Bruce DiVaccaro on Fri Dec 19, 2003 12:51 pm
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Lana,

Great shot with wonderful light. I like the upturned primary feathers and your choice of crop.
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by Mike Wilson on Fri Dec 19, 2003 1:31 pm
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Beautiful. I really like this one.
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by Jill on Fri Dec 19, 2003 2:40 pm
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Lana, Fabulous capture of this Sandhill !!! Adore the full wingspan, detail of the right underwing and, of course, the 'icing on the cake' ... er, I mean leg!!! :D :) :D
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Very nice Lana! :D

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