East African Crowned Crane

Soto · Mar 20, 2008

This lovely bird was at the Mayaguez, P.R. Zoo. It took me about 45 minutes to take this shoot because this bird moves a lot... It was a hard one but time payed off...

sabbath999 · Mar 20, 2008

We call them "bad hair cranes"... lovely animals, nice shot.

EricD · Mar 21, 2008

wow!!...awesome photo, nice captue

LaFoto · Mar 21, 2008

what a fun shot to wait for! I much appreciate your previsualisation and stamina to get just THIS very photo!

danir · Mar 21, 2008

Very nice.
I guess it's not easy but would prefer to have it's eyes more focused.

Dani.

Soto · Mar 21, 2008

danir said:
Very nice.
I guess it's not easy but would prefer to have it's eyes more focused.

Dani.

Yes, it's not easy!... I was lucky to get that close to perfect focus. Can't use the camera in automatic focus in this situation. There was a metalic fence between me and the bird... on top of that he was always moving around. Very hard to get a shot of him looking straight...

Thanks to all for your comments!!!