{"id":7997,"date":"2015-12-18T07:45:31","date_gmt":"2015-12-18T12:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p4td.lightshedder.com\/?p=7997"},"modified":"2015-12-18T07:46:13","modified_gmt":"2015-12-18T12:46:13","slug":"7997","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=7997","title":{"rendered":"Evoking Cranes in the Dawn"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sandhill Cranes before dawn. Bosque del Apache NWR, Socorro NM<\/p><\/div>\n

This is, to my eye, an “evocative” image…it evokes the experience of watching the Sandhill Cranes taking flight in the pre-dawn light at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge more than it “portrays” it. High ISO, low shutter speed, and a rapid pan with the birds in flight leads to an impressionistic background…water (including the two cranes standing) and landscape suggested rather than detailed…stripped down to a basic layering of color and texture. The relatively sharp cranes are laid over the background, but even they have a bit of the motion blur. Overall it looks more like a painting than a photograph. Generally I do not like that…but here, I think, it works. This would stand up to a fairly large print…and viewed from normal viewing distance, it would be quite striking on the wall. Evocative!<\/p>\n

Nikon P900 at 400mm equivalent field of view. 1\/60th @ ISO 560 @ f5. Processed and cropped slightly at the bottom for composition in Lightroom.<\/p>\n

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