photoartflightMore Sandhill Crane Panoramas From Lake Woodruff NWR
I am still going through Sandhill Crane images that were shot for making panoramas since they were so close to me as I was photographing them. Usually it is a reverse problem where your subjects are too far away as you are photographing them. All images in this post are taken with a 300mm lens on a Canon R. The Featured Image is a 2 horizontal image panorama combined in Photoshop.
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They have red hearts on their heads!
Yes they do! Never noticed that before!!
Beautiful shots, Reed!
Thanks so much Donna! Just going through old photo trips to post. We canceled our usual trip to Florida this year. But I have a lot of images to use here til next year!
Love seeing shots of Sandhills – they are cool and they know it!
Thanks! Yes they are “cool” and fun to photograph! It was strange to see such large birds coming so close and after checking us out they just foraged around us!
Beautiful birds, nice shots Reed.
Thanks! They were definitely fun to photograph! Plus Lake Woodruff NWR is a Great National Wildlife Refuge to photograph! It has Great landscapes to photograph also. Plus it is never crowded with a lot of people in your way!
Beautiful captures Reed, they’re such cute birds with their red head.
Thanks Greta! They are quite large, about 4.5 to 5 feet tall. So when they are a few feet away from you they can be very intimidating when they are that close! Plus they are also quite vocal & loud. Sometimes they seem to be following you just checking you out!