More Crane pictures for your viewing pleasure

More Crane pictures for your viewing pleasure · 08:00 PM

I traveled to Monte Vista again this last Saturday and came away with these pictures. All were taken with the Pentax K20D with the Sigma 50-500mm

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Jim

gawan · 03-24-2009, 10:12 AM

I first thought I was going to see cranes like in the harbour, but these are actually the original cranes, that gave the name for some machines too!

Good series, must have been a wonderful experience to be there!

jbrowning · 03-24-2009, 10:55 AM

Thanks gawan, I love watching and hearing these birds. Next time I'm there I will have to try and record their sounds somehow.

Thanks
Jim

jgredline · 03-24-2009, 11:35 AM

JB, IF I may make a suggestion. From looking at the images they looked a tad washed out. Looks like you fell victim to the sun. I looked at the EXIF on one of them and believe that had you went -3 to .-7EV you would have captured some vibrant images. I don't have a problem with the ISO at 800 as the K20D really handles the noise pretty good...

But it is a cool series and I know sometimes we have to take what we can get. I like the second one. I think if you raised the contrast and lowered the brightness a tad, you will have a real winner there...

jbrowning · 03-24-2009, 05:07 PM

Originally posted by jgredline

JB, IF I may make a suggestion. From looking at the images they looked a tad washed out. Looks like you fell victim to the sun. I looked at the EXIF on one of them and believe that had you went -3 to .-7EV you would have captured some vibrant images. I don't have a problem with the ISO at 800 as the K20D really handles the noise pretty good...

But it is a cool series and I know sometimes we have to take what we can get. I like the second one. I think if you raised the contrast and lowered the brightness a tad, you will have a real winner there...

Thanks jgredline, I was hoping the polarizer would take care of the extra sunlight and bring out the colors. I was also underexposing the shots using the shutter speed. Tell you the truth I haven't messed with the ev compensation button.

Thanks
Jim

daacon · 03-24-2009, 07:33 PM

Now that is a whole lotta cranes ! I think jgredline has some good advice.

jbrowning · 03-24-2009, 07:54 PM

They estimated there was about 2000 cranes there this last weekend. The weekend before that there was about 5000 cranes there.

Jim

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03-24-2009, 10:12 AM	#2
gawan Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Helsinki Photos: Gallery Posts: 5,400	I first thought I was going to see cranes like in the harbour, but these are actually the original cranes, that gave the name for some machines too! Good series, must have been a wonderful experience to be there! Last edited by gawan; 03-25-2009 at 10:49 AM. Reason: typo

03-24-2009, 05:07 PM	#5
jbrowning Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Colorado Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 996 Original Poster	Originally posted by jgredline JB, IF I may make a suggestion. From looking at the images they looked a tad washed out. Looks like you fell victim to the sun. I looked at the EXIF on one of them and believe that had you went -3 to .-7EV you would have captured some vibrant images. I don't have a problem with the ISO at 800 as the K20D really handles the noise pretty good... But it is a cool series and I know sometimes we have to take what we can get. I like the second one. I think if you raised the contrast and lowered the brightness a tad, you will have a real winner there... Thanks jgredline, I was hoping the polarizer would take care of the extra sunlight and bring out the colors. I was also underexposing the shots using the shutter speed. Tell you the truth I haven't messed with the ev compensation button. Thanks Jim Last edited by jbrowning; 03-24-2009 at 07:34 PM.

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03-24-2009, 10:55 AM	#3
jbrowning Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Colorado Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 996 Original Poster	Thanks gawan, I love watching and hearing these birds. Next time I'm there I will have to try and record their sounds somehow. Thanks Jim

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jgredline Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: LosAngeles, Ca. Photos: Albums Posts: 10,628	JB, IF I may make a suggestion. From looking at the images they looked a tad washed out. Looks like you fell victim to the sun. I looked at the EXIF on one of them and believe that had you went -3 to .-7EV you would have captured some vibrant images. I don't have a problem with the ISO at 800 as the K20D really handles the noise pretty good... But it is a cool series and I know sometimes we have to take what we can get. I like the second one. I think if you raised the contrast and lowered the brightness a tad, you will have a real winner there...

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daacon Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Alberta,Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 20,914	Now that is a whole lotta cranes ! I think jgredline has some good advice.

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jbrowning Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Colorado Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 996 Original Poster	They estimated there was about 2000 cranes there this last weekend. The weekend before that there was about 5000 cranes there. Jim

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