{"id":9535,"date":"2016-11-18T07:56:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T12:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p4td.lightshedder.com\/?p=9535"},"modified":"2016-11-18T08:04:05","modified_gmt":"2016-11-18T13:04:05","slug":"crane-coming-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=9535","title":{"rendered":"Crane coming in&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 2010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/wp-image-1414816360jpg.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"904\" height=\"603\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/wp-image-1414816360jpg.jpg?resize=904%2C603\" title=\"\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9534\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sandhill Crane, Bosque del Apache NWR, Socorro New Mexico<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Yesterday morning, before the winds came up, the light was beautiful at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge south of Socorro, New Mexico. A large group of Sandhill Cranes was feeding along the north end of the Tour Loop, where the refuge staff had knocked down standing corn for them. It was next to a field of winter wheat, planed by one of the families that farms the Bosque on shares, and there was much coming and going between the fields. I caught this Sandhill coming in above the wheat. You get a real sense of the power of these big birds which their matching wingspan.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sony RX10iii at 600mm equivalent field of view. My specialized Birds in Flight Mode, using Continuous Focus, with the Auto ISO set to provide a minimum 1\/1000th second exposure. Processed in PhotoShop Express on my Android tablet.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-9535\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=9535&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-9535\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=9535&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=9535&amp;share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday morning, before the winds came up, the light was beautiful at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge south of Socorro, New Mexico. 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