Whooping Crane with Blue Crab

Juan, Neat image. I believe tthere's an h missing.

Jim

Outstanding, Juan.

Great story, too.

jn

Juan

Very nice

I am green with envy, Juan!!!
What a wonderful bird that must be, great capture to boot my friend!!!
Congrats!!

Juan.

A fantastic photo Juan.

Juan, I've watched your work get better and better over the last year. Your last dozen posts have been fantastic. keep them coming.

Dear Juan and rest-of-the-gang, Photos of endangered or threatened species in action are always interesting. In this image the exposure is good and the action and the position of the crab is great. And yes, Juan's images have gotten considerably stronger over the past year or so. And yes, NSN is a friendly place with lots of nice folks, but as I have done before in other venues, I caution everyone about over-looking an image's obvious flaws just to give someone a pat on the back, even a friend. And Juan is both a friend and a student so I shall continue here in an effort to ensure that NSN remains the premier nature photography learning site in existence.

With the larger crop, the eye is unsharp; yes, I know that it was windy but we must judge the image as it stands without regards to the difficult conditions under which it was made. The head angle is poor and the bird's face is thus poorly lit. (The light seems a bit from our left, or from in front of the bird.) Lastly, bill shine and the shine on the top of the bird's red head are bothersome to me. If the bird had turned its head more parallel to the film plane, the image would have been greatly improved.

I regret that I have been unable to spend as much time as I would like to in this forum, but work (taking bird pictures) and travel (NANPA and then on to Tanzania) have been calling very loudly lately.

Respectfully posted, and best and love to all, Artie

Well it works for me.

Great job Juan.

Juan,
What a great experience to photograph and share with those of us who will possibly never have this opportunity.
Your photo shows a feeding behavior that I have never seen and I hope there are more shots from this adventure

This is a great image Juan. I understand and agree with Arthur's comments, to make an excellent image is our goal. I find it extremely difficult to make good images, everything has to be right, and I for one am never there when they are

Juan,
There are a variety of reasons why we post images, few of which are perfect. Arthur's comments were constructive, well-intentioned, and reasonable. And posting a unique photo such as this with its imperfections enriches the day for each of us who happened to bring it up on our screen. Thanks for sharing.

I like this one Juan, nice action and depth of field. No nits from me.

Dj

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder - and this is an excellent image Juan. Great catch of the action!

I think this is a very good shot. I also think Artie offered an outstanding critique To me his words seemed carefully thought out, and offered in a very positive way.
For me, my skills, my level of photography...this is a very cool action shot. If it was mine, I would hang it on a wall.
Very nice work.

Juan, great capture of a rarely seen event! I live only a few miles from a number of Whoopers, but I'm still without a natural feeding shot like this. I wish it were in my portfolio slight flaws and all.

I think you could improve it with a small levels adjustment in PS. It seems a little too dark IMO. By moving the middle slider to the left you should be able to bring out some details without blowing out the whites.

Juan- Arthur makes some good points and I have to say I agree with him on everything he said. Despite that and that I didn't see the smaller version but I like a lot about this image as it is shown. The action is great as is the color. It still has impact for me and in the end that is what is usually most important.

Juan, I adore seeing the actual feeding action of one of the 185 wild migratory whoopers. Nearly a decade ago there were 170 of them, and I saw exactly one-tenth of the wild ones at a great distance. It was very exciting ... and with this image you have vastly improved my view!!!