Cranes from Bosque

luisvluisv Registered Users Posts: 132 Major grins
edited December 5, 2009 in Wildlife
I spent last week at Bosque del Apache.
This was my first time there and the experience was pretty cool.
We didn't have great blast offs in the morning and the activity at the Farm deck was minimal but anyway there were lots of opportunities to take nice pictures.
Here are my favorite crane images.

1. A pre-dawn take off
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3. Morning fly-by at the pool
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4. Taking off
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5. Just after take off
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6. Juvy flying by
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7. Sensing the wind
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8. A nice background
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9. Landing on the cornfield
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10. Landing late at the north pool
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12. Another incoming group
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13. After the sunset
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14. Drinking water before going to sleep
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I hope you enjoyed the pictures.
Cheers,
--
Luis

Comments

  • davevdavev Registered Users Posts: 3,118 Major grins
    edited December 3, 2009
    All of them are very nice, but #9 is step above the others.
    dave.

    Basking in the shadows of yesterday's triumphs'.
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited December 3, 2009
    Wonderful images Luis. clap.gifclap.gif

    I was at Bosque last year and fell in love with the place. The light there is sublime. One can tell that your images were from Bosque with no ID. I'm disappointed that I can't get out there this year but I will definitely be returning next year.

    I'm sorry you didn't get any of the great blast-offs because they are a sight.
    Harry
    http://behret.smugmug.com/ NANPA member
    How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, "I could have done that better!"
  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited December 3, 2009
    Wonderful set, Luis! thumb.gif

    5 & 7 please me the most.:D
  • luisvluisv Registered Users Posts: 132 Major grins
    edited December 3, 2009
    davev wrote:
    All of them are very nice, but #9 is step above the others.

    Thanks Dave.
  • luisvluisv Registered Users Posts: 132 Major grins
    edited December 3, 2009
    Harryb wrote:
    Wonderful images Luis. clap.gifclap.gif

    I was at Bosque last year and fell in love with the place. The light there is sublime. One can tell that your images were from Bosque with no ID. I'm disappointed that I can't get out there this year but I will definitely be returning next year.

    I'm sorry you didn't get any of the great blast-offs because they are a sight.
    Thanks Harry!

    Yes, that place is really special. The light and the backgrounds are something you will hardly find elsewhere. I must confess though that after a while I had crane overload and started looking for other subjects to shoot. :D

    Regarding the blast-offs, we did have them but we never had the right combination of morning clouds and blast-off. The geese always took off late, when the intense red colors had faded away.
    On the last day before it started raining we had some very nice clouds in the morning but the geese were not flying.
    I was next to Art Morris' group which left before me without taking any pictures. :D

    Here is probably the best shot I could get from a blast off on the first day:
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    Cheers,
    --
    Luis
  • luisvluisv Registered Users Posts: 132 Major grins
    edited December 3, 2009
    Ric Grupe wrote:
    Wonderful set, Luis! thumb.gif

    5 & 7 please me the most.:D

    Thanks Ric!
    #5 is my favorite too. :D
  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited December 3, 2009
    Most excellent set, Luis. It's hard to have a favorite because they're all so good. I will say that #9 is kind of wacky, in a good way. Great job on that slow shutter pan on the first one as well.

    I'm surprised to hear you spent a week there and only got one blast-off. I spent several days there last winter (hi Harry) and grew to expect a couple of them a day. Guess I got lucky? ne_nau.gif

    Regards,
    -joel
    Moderator of Landscapes forum
    Link to my Smugmug site
  • luisvluisv Registered Users Posts: 132 Major grins
    edited December 3, 2009
    kdog wrote:
    Most excellent set, Luis. It's hard to have a favorite because they're all so good. I will say that #9 is kind of wacky, in a good way. Great job on that slow shutter pan on the first one as well.

    I'm surprised to hear you spent a week there and only got one blast-off. I spent several days there last winter (hi Harry) and grew to expect a couple of them a day. Guess I got lucky? ne_nau.gif

    Regards,
    -joel

    Thanks joel.
    What I meant to say is that there were blast-offs, but they were late and often unspectacular (small groups or with not so nice backgrounds). headscratch.gif

    I also learned that this year the Refuge management made a mistake growing the corn (it grew too small). As a result not so many geese and cranes congregated around the farm deck. Most were scattered in the back of those fields during the day so we had to concentrate in other areas.
    They said it's going to be ok again next year.
    --
    Luis
  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited December 4, 2009
    bowdown.gifbowdown.gifbowdown.gif Awesome set Luis bowdown.gifbowdown.gifbowdown.gif

    I want to go next yeardeal.gif
    Dan
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  • Nikonic1Nikonic1 Registered Users Posts: 684 Major grins
    edited December 5, 2009
    Really fantastic stuff here. One of the nicest overall sets I've seen yet on dgrin. Amazing....really, really amazing. bowdown.gifbowbowdown.gif
    Matt :thumb
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  • jaminphotojaminphoto Registered Users Posts: 37 Big grins
    edited December 5, 2009
    Nice series. clap.gif
    #9 and #14 are my favorites.

    --r
    http://jaminphoto.smugmug.com/
  • luisvluisv Registered Users Posts: 132 Major grins
    edited December 5, 2009
    dlplumer wrote:
    bowdown.gifbowdown.gifbowdown.gif Awesome set Luis bowdown.gifbowdown.gifbowdown.gif

    I want to go next yeardeal.gif

    Thanks Dan!
    I am not sure I'll go back next year, but if I do I hope to see you there.
  • luisvluisv Registered Users Posts: 132 Major grins
    edited December 5, 2009
    Nikonic1 wrote:
    Really fantastic stuff here. One of the nicest overall sets I've seen yet on dgrin. Amazing....really, really amazing. bowdown.gifbowbowdown.gif


    Thanks Nikonic1.
    --
    Luis
  • luisvluisv Registered Users Posts: 132 Major grins
    edited December 5, 2009
    jaminphoto wrote:
    Nice series. clap.gif
    #9 and #14 are my favorites.

    --r

    Thanks for commenting Ricardo.
  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited December 5, 2009
    3,4, 12 and 13! Wow! What an experience!
    Stephen
    www.capture-the-pixel.com

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