Sandhill cranes with moon

Posted by Larsen on Sat Dec 27, 2003 11:07 pm

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Towards the end of one evening at Bosque I tried my luck at following cranes and hoping to time the shutter release with them passing near the moon. The exposure was a compromise between the moon and the more dimly lit SHC's. I wasn't sure how much movement blur I'd get with the moon because of panning the lens across it, but it looks like the OOF moon masked whatever there was.
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by Anthony Medici on Sat Dec 27, 2003 11:44 pm

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You did very well here. Looks like you had enough shutter speed to not get a blurred moon. It's only OOF, which is common for close birds and a long lens.

Cool shot, I didn't get one as nice due to clouds on the night I was trying.

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by LHays on Sun Dec 28, 2003 7:07 am

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What a cool shot. I didn't have that opportunity while I was there. Always something different at Bosque. Nice job!

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by Ed Miller on Sun Dec 28, 2003 7:55 am

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I like the complementary position of the cranes. Wish the moon were somewhere else in the frame, but still a very nice capture. Congrats.

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by Harvey Edelman on Sun Dec 28, 2003 8:45 am

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Beautiful composition with just the right bit of detail in the silhouette.

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by BrianS on Sun Dec 28, 2003 9:12 am

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Cool Shot.

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by Bill Whala on Sun Dec 28, 2003 10:45 am

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Cool shot!! I would like to see the birds approaching the moon instead of passing it but this is excellent as is.

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by stevebein on Sun Dec 28, 2003 11:25 am

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Neat shot. I just returned, but we only had a sliver of a moon when I was there. Have to go back closer to full moon. The bird positions are great, the moon, as mentioned is just ok, but working there is not easy and this is pretty good in spite of the moon position. Lucky to get them together. Next challenge is to get them across the sun.
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by AlexC on Sun Dec 28, 2003 2:18 pm

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My only wish is for the moon to be a little lower, otherwise very nice indeed!! Congrats!!!

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