I spent many mornings waiting for a single crane to align with the sun
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Sandhill Crane Sunrise
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Beautiful scene. Well captured and presented,
tomfranic
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Amazing 
coachjohn57
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Great capture!
BAL Land
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Superb! I only with the bird was looking toward the camera more, but still great.
Very nice.
Unreal
Woody Meristem
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Great shot.
Duff Photographer
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Patience paid off. Like the inclusion of (presumably) cranes in the background.
MorganP
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Nice work.
Thank you all for the kind comments. Any suggestions for improvement either in the photography or the post processing would be appreciated.
If it did, you would lose the shape of the beak. Now a nice spread of the wings, that's what I'm chasing next.
They were a mix of cranes, cackling geese, northern shovelers and probably some other ducks.
Perfect
I love the photo as it is. I don't think I'd change a thing. If someone held a gun to my head and forced me to come up with "suggestions", here is what I'd say:
1) Do you have any more room to the right to make the crane and sun a bit off center? I'm not sure it would be more appealing than what you have here but who knows. I personally like the centered subject in this instance but maybe that would yield something.
2) Is it possible to smooth out the gradation of the slight band around the top half of edge of the sun? (Not sure if that makes any sense)
As I said, I think this is a great image and would do really well in a metal print just as it is so don't take my comments as negatives - just questions.
1) Do you have any more room to the right to make the crane and sun a bit off center? I'm not sure it would be more appealing than what you have here but who knows. I personally like the centered subject in this instance but maybe that would yield something.
2) Is it possible to smooth out the gradation of the slight band around the top half of edge of the sun? (Not sure if that makes any sense)
As I said, I think this is a great image and would do really well in a metal print just as it is so don't take my comments as negatives - just questions.
Thank so much.
Nice pre-visualization and execution!
Love it!