I really like the first one. The four standing birds make a nice contrast to the dynamism of the one in mid air. Great catch. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 9:45 PM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > Now that daylight savings time has kicked in, I actually have some > "golden hour" on the drive home from work. I decided to "Take the Long > Way Home" photographically speaking (with deep apologies to > SuperTramp) and drove along the southern W. Platte River Road between > Alda and Wood River. It is the time of our annual Sandhill Crane > migration, and a lot of people from all over the world come to what is > normally a "flyover State" to get their fill of the thousands and > thousands of Sandhill Cranes that we take for granted. The rare (and > endangered Whooping Crane is their Holy Grail). I saw my first one > last year [photographed with a 200mm f2.5 and a defective (I didn't > know then) 1.7x teleconverter] on my K-x. This year, I was armed with > a Bigma on my K-5. > > I stopped at the Platte River where an observation deck was full of > tourists. A pelican flew right over our heads while I was there, but I > was to slow and only got it from behind. With nothing to see there I > proceeded south to W. Platte River Road and headed west, skimming > along the south of the Platte River, with harvested fields full of > Sandhill Cranes refueling for the trip to Alaska and Siberia where > they would hatch their young before returning south in the fall. > > This was my 2nd day ever seeking a Whooper while armed with a camera. > The first, last year, I drove right to one over a lunch hour. This > time, I found one again: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/8575498343/in/photostream > > In addition, I got many of the pedestrian Sandhills Cranes: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/8576594072/in/photostream > and even some curious deer nearer to sunset: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/8576593126/in/photostream > > These are quickies from Picasa. Posted within minutes of arriving home > to see what I captured. Hope you enjoy. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
