{"id":28521,"date":"2014-12-22T16:26:58","date_gmt":"2014-12-22T23:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=28521"},"modified":"2014-12-22T18:37:44","modified_gmt":"2014-12-23T01:37:44","slug":"a-few-sandhill-crane-images-i-find-interesting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/22\/a-few-sandhill-crane-images-i-find-interesting\/","title":{"rendered":"A Few Sandhill Crane Images I Find Interesting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This past March I spent some time with migrating Sandhill Cranes near Capitol Reef National Park.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"28523\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/22\/a-few-sandhill-crane-images-i-find-interesting\/sandhill-crane-9651-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/sandhill-crane-9651-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,643\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;RON DUDLEY&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 7D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1394868152&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;700&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sandhill crane 9651 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/sandhill-crane-9651-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/sandhill-crane-9651-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28523\" src=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/sandhill-crane-9651-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"sandhill crane 9651 ron dudley\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/sandhill-crane-9651-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/sandhill-crane-9651-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/sandhill-crane-9651-ron-dudley-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/sandhill-crane-9651-ron-dudley-400x285.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>1\/1000, f\/8, ISO 500, Canon 7D, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM +1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>It was a joy to watch them fly into their feeding grounds and boy do\u00a0they know how to fly in tandem.\u00a0 Pairs of birds were often so close to each other in the air that you&#8217;d swear they were going to crash and burn.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"28524\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/22\/a-few-sandhill-crane-images-i-find-interesting\/sandhill-crane-9652-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/sandhill-crane-9652-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,643\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;RON DUDLEY&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 7D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1394868153&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;700&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sandhill crane 9652 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/sandhill-crane-9652-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/sandhill-crane-9652-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28524\" src=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/sandhill-crane-9652-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"sandhill crane 9652 ron dudley\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/sandhill-crane-9652-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/sandhill-crane-9652-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/sandhill-crane-9652-ron-dudley-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/sandhill-crane-9652-ron-dudley-400x285.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>1\/1000, f\/8, ISO 500, Canon 7D, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM +1.4 tc, canvas added for composition,\u00a0not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In the next frame it appears that the birds were almost\u00a0touching.\u00a0 It&#8217;s hard to tell precisely how close they were to each other but I have little depth of field with the 500mm lens and these birds are both sharp so that tells me something.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"28522\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/22\/a-few-sandhill-crane-images-i-find-interesting\/sandhill-crane-0734-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/sandhill-crane-0734-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,643\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;7.1&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;RON DUDLEY&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 7D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1394954894&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sandhill crane 0734 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/sandhill-crane-0734-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/sandhill-crane-0734-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/sandhill-crane-0734-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"sandhill crane 0734 ron dudley\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/sandhill-crane-0734-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/sandhill-crane-0734-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/sandhill-crane-0734-ron-dudley-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/sandhill-crane-0734-ron-dudley-400x285.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>1\/2000, f\/7.1, ISO 500, Canon 7D, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">But tranquility in the air often morphed into aggression and pandemonium on the ground.\u00a0 At first glance it may look like these birds are just taking off but they&#8217;re not.\u00a0 The crane on the left is attacking the second\u00a0bird who is attempting to escape.\u00a0 I thought the poses of each bird exemplified what was going on with each one.\u00a0 I got quite a few shots of the chase and neither bird ever left the ground more than a few inches\u00a0but I thought this one was the best of the bunch.<\/p>\n<p>Ron<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past March I spent some time with migrating Sandhill Cranes near Capitol Reef National Park.<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/22\/a-few-sandhill-crane-images-i-find-interesting\/\"><span>Continue reading<\/span><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a> 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