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Friendly Sandhills
Friendly Sandhills
giantmike


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Challenge: Out Your Favorite Window (Minimal Editing I)
Camera: Canon EOS-50D
Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS
Location: Verona, WI
Date: Aug 21, 2011
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Water, Birds
Date Uploaded: Aug 25, 2011

This is out one of my favorite windows, my car window. I happened upon this spot by accident, and barely spotted these cranes (they are about100 meters away) as I was driving by. Threw the car in reverse, attached the telephoto lens, and took some shots expecting them to fly away. But they actually stood there as I got out of the car with the wide lens and grabbed some landscape shots. Normally sandhill cranes fly with little movement, so I was surprised to see them stick around.

My canon picture mode was set to a custom landscape with high contrast, high sharpness, and medium high saturation.

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Note that I really really really wish this were at least basic editing. There were a number of shots which I liked better but needed a bit of pop to get right.

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09/01/2011 06:37:46 PM
The composition is nice with the leading lines and subjects wonderfully placed but it seems a little underexposed to me.
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08/31/2011 01:03:57 PM
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08/26/2011 12:26:26 AM
not sure if through window. 9
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