Sandhill Cranes Blind - March 26 - 27
by Benjamin Tillotson
Monday, March 29, 2010, 1:34pm
This is a photo of the blind we used... I took this with my new Canon EF 35mm f/2.0 prime lens! It's sharp and I like it. This lens we will use mostly for video when we get the T2i.
The cranes didn't want to get close for a long time but there were a lot flying around. Sort of wish the lighting was better...
It was getting dark fast so the shutter speed had to come down which is obvious in these shots.
Cool motion blur effects.
It was hard to follow them with the tripod perfectly to get a good shot with a slow shutter speed.
It's crazy how part of the wingtips turned out so sharp when the rest is not.
Dragonflies...
This was the layout in front of the blind.
Coming downriver...I found out that cranes have souls that night. Pretty obvious in the next shot. :P
Last shot of the night.
First shot of the morning.
Asleep.
Awake.
Much warmer white balance after sunrise.
More cool motion blur effects.
A few shots with the 1.4x.
13 CommentsMon, Mar 29, 2010, 2:22pmSarah Sweeet shots man! I liked the pictures of the crane souls.
Mon, Mar 29, 2010, 2:56pmLesleyVery nice Benjamin! I think my favorite is the one crane flying with the blurry background. But the crane souls are pretty interesting too. How does that work anyway? Are they really cranes that just turned out fuzzy?
Mon, Mar 29, 2010, 3:25pmBenjaminI think those were around 15 sec. exposures. If a crane stands in one spot for a few seconds then moves thats what it looks like.
Mon, Mar 29, 2010, 3:31pmLesleyOh ok. A person could have a lot of fun with that.
Mon, Mar 29, 2010, 7:34pmMichael MNo, Ben's just making that up. There really are crane ghosts. And I should know - I got attacked by one once. It was pretty crazy, but that's a story for another time. Nice shots, Ben!
Mon, Mar 29, 2010, 7:44pmDavid MA moment of silence to all those who have been lost to crane ghosts. The brave always die young.
Nice cover up attempt, Ben.
Mon, Mar 29, 2010, 7:44pmLesleyReally Michael? Or do you know that I'm gullible?
Either way...I want to hear the story! Sounds funny...
Mon, Mar 29, 2010, 7:45pmLesleyOh sorry! Wrong Michael...this is confusing...oh well...the story would still be fun!
Mon, Mar 29, 2010, 9:30pmBenjaminThanks guys.
Tue, Mar 30, 2010, 10:43pmAmyAwesome job Ben! You guys are really getting good...
Wed, Mar 31, 2010, 7:27pmAddieVery neat! I love the pictures where they are sleeping along with the "ghosts"! I wish we had our camera the other day. There were two cranes flying directly over each other! It was pretty neat!
Wed, Mar 31, 2010, 10:10pmRachel CVery nice! I think my favorites are the ones with the blur effect and the ones with the crane "ghosts."
Thu, Apr 1, 2010, 5:32amAnonymousAhh... Yes. That was fun! And very nice pictures Ben!
