Whoop, whoop... (3 new images added)

Whooping cranes from in and around the Aransas NWR.
All taken with 500mm f/4 P

Comments and critique always welcomed.

ISO 100, f/4.5 1/1000s

Subscribe to see EXIF info for this image (if available)

ISO 100, f/4.5 1/1250s

Subscribe to see EXIF info for this image (if available)

ISO 200, f/4.5 1/1250s

Subscribe to see EXIF info for this image (if available)

 

Thank you Frank! Yes, quite endangered. From what I was told while down there, they estimate the flock size to be about 240 birds.

Thank you Dianne. They are beautiful creatures to watch and very much endangered. I had a great time watching and shooting them.

Thanks Gale. Hopefully one day I will be able to shoot some sandhills as well.

Thank you very much Sandi. I really appreciate the kind comments.

 

Three more shots of the Whooping Cranes.

I really was hoping for a flight shot, but the oportunity never came.

Subscribe to see EXIF info for this image (if available)

Subscribe to see EXIF info for this image (if available)

Subscribe to see EXIF info for this image (if available)

 

Thanks Gale. I may have a few more to post in the next day or two. I'm back home in Oklahoma now, so it will be next year before I get to shoot them again.

Thanks Dianne. I do plan on returning to this spot next year.

Thanks Nick!! I really appreciate the kind response.

Thank you very much Alan. I do feel privileged to have had the opportunity to see and shoot these beautiful birds. Maybe next year I will get a flight shot.

Thanks Miko for the kind words.:smile:

Thank you Sandi

Thanks Jeff.

Thanks Gary. I appreciate your kind comments.