Sandhill Crane on the Move

I'd pulled over to take photos of hay bales and was treated to three sandhill cranes in the same field, not too far away. I stalked them awhile as I'd only brought my 105mm macro and didn't seem to bother them. Suddenly, one started squawking and they all quickly took off. I was excited that I caught a few in action.

[Diana]

Magnificent capture, fabulous nature shot. Fav

[Pam Knowler]

Wow how lovely to see these wonderful birds! Great action shot! Fav!

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[Simply Amanda]

They are so big and crazy cool. Neat timing!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

He is impressive looking. Great capture.

[Richard Brown]

Great shot especially on a 105 lens :)

[Sally Ings]

Super capture, great details

[Lyn Todd]

fabulous creatures

[Beryl Lloyd]

Such a fabulous bird and a great shot !

[Kas]

Excellent timing. Great shot.

[gloria jones]

Excellent timing and capture

[Rob Z]

What a magnificent bird.And you caught him so well.

[Brigette]

Great story! And what a treat to be in the right spot when they took off!

[Carole G]

Great timing. Well done

[Helen Sanderson]

Impressive shot

[Richard Sayer]

Patience and determination usually win the day... great detail in his wings.

[KWind]

Fabulous action shot!

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Super shot

[CC Folk]

Fast thinking and excellent capture!

[Denise Wood]

terrific capture :)

[Joan Robillard]

Fab

[Lou Ann]

Wonderful action photo. Sand Hill Cranes migrated over my hometown every year, I remember that squawking!

[Tom]

Wonderful wildlife action capture

[Milanie]

What a wonderful action shot - great job without a long lens - such nice details. And what a lovely surprise when you were shooting hay bales!

[Peter Dulis]

Lovely -

[Tony]

Brilliant capture.

[Danette Thompson]

Love this...the bird about to fly, plus the background.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Great stop action shot- it really looks as if this bird should not be able to fly!

[Lisa Hansknecht]

Wonderful capture. Sandhill cranes are beautiful.

[Dawn]

Fabulous

[Marnie]

Beautiful bird, great work.

[Issi Bannerman]

Excellent action shot!

[Kahsia]

Great shot!

[Elizabeth]

You're so lucky to get in on this action! Great shot.

[Sam]

What a wing span!

[Yao RL]

Coming out pretty cool with your 105mm lens. I hardly have a chance to use mine.

[Suse♡]

Magnificent bird, so well captured

[Nick]

Really great.

[Connie Little]

A great in-flight image. I would have been excited with this image too.

[Rachel]

Such a large bird! Wonderful shot.

[Lisa Hansknecht]

I know I already commented but this is a great shot of a beautiful creature.

[Leon Buijs]

Wonderful image, love how you captured him taking off

[Rosie Kerr]

I have never seen one of these cranes in person... aren't they beautiful! Lovely, how you caught it taking off.

[Casablanca]

The softness around the edges of the image helps to highlight him well. Nice shot!

[Harry J Benson]

good capture, composition, and colour

[carol white]

A super composition and capture

[tony gig]

Lovely nature shot...Fav

[Jane Pittenger]

What a thrill! Nice composition and color

[Lois]

Lovely capture!

[Junko Y]

Look at those lovely colors of the wings and the body pose while taking off -- well timed capture!

[eDorre]

Beautifully timed and composed!

[Francoise]

beautiful. I see this shot as the bird suspended, floating in time and space.

[Taffy]

@rosiekerr Thanks! I felt a little guilty as I think they were taking off because of me...hope not, but I definitely did benefit!

[Delwyn Barnett]

A beautiful midair capture of this bird.

[haskar]

Great timing!

[Louise & Ken]

Such a lovely image! Funny how we city girls slam on the brakes for a photo of hay bales in the field! So beautiful! But this is even better!

[*lynn]

fantastic capture ~ fav

[Michael Van Krey]

These are my all time favorite birds - their unearthly call is what gets me! Great timing - glad you had a chance to follow them. Fav.

[kay]

wow great shot and timing love the detail and natural environment , fav

[Helen Jane]

What magnificent wings. It is a great shot.

[Taffy]

@vankrey I love their call! It goes right through me but is fabulous.

[Vesna]

Wonderfull colours..