Red Crowned Crane

[pknight]

These are very rare birds, with fewer than 2,000 in existence. Obviously a zoo shot. Sigma 70-200 at 200mm, 1/800 sec at f/5.6, ISO 200

http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~knight/rcc.jpg

[flaphotogal]

Nice shot, but too bad he wasn't looking a bit more at you so you could get more of his eye in the photo.

[pknight]

Yep. I was shooting between tree branches and had only a few shots where they weren't interfering. The light would have been better from the other side of the enclosure, but that was 30 yards away, and about 10 yards lower. If I had had my 100-400 then...

[Anthony J Howe]

A rare bird indeed, good to get a capture of one, well done.