Here are three images of Whooping Cranes that passed nearly directly over me at Quivira NWR on 8 November. Three cranes lifted off their roost around 10:30am and made a beeline right for us, so I scrambled to get into BIF mode to get these images. Thanks for looking!

Mike U

Image details:
Nikon D3 with 600mm f/4 lens + 1.4x teleconverter
1/8000s (#1 #2), 1/2000s (#3)
f/5.6 (#1 #2), f/8 (#3)
ISO 640
Tripod with Wimberley gimbal head

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Nice set Mike. Neat overheads.

KCollett wrote:
Nice set Mike. Neat overheads.

Thanks a lot, I appreciate it!

Beautifully captured! My pic is the first duo. I love the lighting
Nancy

Nice Mike ~ Ron

Nancy and Ron:
Thanks for the feedback!

Nice set of Cranes not often seen on this forum Mike.
Thanks for sharing these beautiful birds.

Kirk

Great job Mike, I'd love to see these guys.

Rob

KirkB wrote:
Nice set of Cranes not often seen on this forum Mike.
Thanks for sharing these beautiful birds.

Kirk

Thanks a lot Kirk, we sure get a lot of Sandies on here (which I LOVE to photograph by the way, and I'll probably post soon from this same shoot). I really feel privileged to have been in their presence.

i like them all Mike .. very nice

More great whooping crane photos. How can we get permission to place them on our web page? whoopingcrane.com Please contact me at wmicmc@bellsouth.net

Chester

Thanks kmunroe and Chester. Chester, I did send you an email, btw. Thanks, Mike

Beautiful! Love them all.