More Salton Sea photos

JohnDCJohnDC Registered Users Posts: 379 Major grins
edited January 21, 2007 in Wildlife
Just to keep up the interest in the Salton Sea shoot, here are a few more photos to show you what is there.

1. Avocets. Photo taken over the mudflats about a mile north of the National Wildlife Refuge headquarters.
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2. Cranes, cropped. These birds are very wary of people.
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3. More cropped cranes. It is hard to get close to them.
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4. It's easiest to get close to the snow geese when they are flying over your head.
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5. In case you have only visited the west shore, or read the magazine articles, the landscape is not all derelict house trailers and abandoned townsites.
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Comments

  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited January 21, 2007
    Nice set. i had to laugh about not being able to close to the sandhill crane because they hang out on our lawns down here. Amazing how their behavior changes with the geography.
    Harry
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  • dbaker1221dbaker1221 Registered Users Posts: 4,482 Major grins
    edited January 21, 2007
    sweet captures!!!
    **If I keep shooting, I'm bound to hit something**
    Dave
  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited January 21, 2007
    Very nice, John. The avocets and cranes in flight are excellent compositions and something you don't see every day. The landscape is super. It looks beautiful out there. I can't wait to get out there next month.

    Cheers,
    -joel
  • JohnDCJohnDC Registered Users Posts: 379 Major grins
    edited January 21, 2007
    Harryb wrote:
    Nice set. i had to laugh about not being able to close to the sandhill crane because they hang out on our lawns down here. Amazing how their behavior changes with the geography.

    Harry, that's cold. To get these crane pictures, I drove four hours, got bites by things my dermatologist can't recognize, and you say these birds hang out in your yard. And you got eagles down the street, egrets nesting at the end of the block, and caracaras cleaning up your neighborhood. I have to shoot with a 600mm equivalent and crop on top of that. You shoot with an 11 to 18 mm wide angle, and still have to back up to get the whole bird in the frame. Is that fair?
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