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A little behind the scene of the situation at Bosque del Apache. The first image of the crane pool there where several sandhill cranes ready to take off. Do you notice the shadows in the foreground? Those are shadows of photographers lining up on the ledge of the pool to watch/photograph cranes and snow geese to take off.

The second image shows those brave folks with their tripods, ear muffs, and bundled up in the cold morning. And the last image of the sandhill crane that just took off and lit by warm morning sunlight.


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AGeoJO wrote:
A little behind the scene of the situation at Bosque del Apache. The first image of the crane pool there where several sandhill cranes ready to take off. Do you notice the shadows in the foreground? Those are shadows of photographers lining up on the ledge of the pool to watch/photograph cranes and snow geese to take off.

The second image shows those brave folks with their tripods, ear muffs, and bundled up in the cold morning. And the last image of the sandhill crane that just took off and lit by warm morning sunlight.

I knew that Bosque del Apache was a really popular place for birders, but I didn't realize it would be that packed! Thanks for showing the behind the scenes.

Dec 08, 2017 at 12:15 AM

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Sometimes you have to shoot ones you like with the lens on the camera at the time. Here I attempt a portrait of this young girl with the Carl Zeiss 28mm f2.8 Distagon.

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AGeoJO wrote:
A little behind the scene of the situation at Bosque del Apache. The first image of the crane pool there where several sandhill cranes ready to take off. Do you notice the shadows in the foreground? Those are shadows of photographers lining up on the ledge of the pool to watch/photograph cranes and snow geese to take off.

The second image shows those brave folks with their tripods, ear muffs, and bundled up in the cold morning. And the last image of the sandhill crane that just took off and lit by warm morning sunlight.

That really is crowded. I was there once, on the way back from the Grand Canyon, in April. No geese, no sandhills, no photographers! It was right along the way and I wanted to have a look, but it wasn't disappointing since I got my only look at an American Avocet. And there are plenty of sandhills near me; one of the main gathering places for fall migration, Jasper-Pulaski, is 90 minutes SW of me and has 12-14,000 cranes in early October.

Great photos, Joshua!

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AGeoJO wrote:
A little behind the scene of the situation at Bosque del Apache. The first image of the crane pool there where several sandhill cranes ready to take off. Do you notice the shadows in the foreground? Those are shadows of photographers lining up on the ledge of the pool to watch/photograph cranes and snow geese to take off.

The second image shows those brave folks with their tripods, ear muffs, and bundled up in the cold morning. And the last image of the sandhill crane that just took off and lit by warm morning sunlight.

Looks like you had a wonderful trip Joshua! Love all of the series.

Dec 08, 2017 at 06:11 AM

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Finland is celebrating it's 100th year of independence. Naturally most of us spend time with our families and friends, but some people go out to have a rally. I spent the day trying out my new 21mm shooting both ends of the spectrum; the "Green-Red" crowd with their "No Nazis to Finland" rally and the 612.fi Nationalist / Neonazi rally.

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Dec 08, 2017 at 06:36 AM

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Henry Lydecker wrote:

AGeoJO wrote

A little behind the scene of the situation at Bosque del Apache. The first image of the crane pool there where several sandhill cranes ready to take off. Do you notice the shadows in the foreground? Those are shadows of photographers lining up on the ledge of the pool to watch/photograph cranes and snow geese to take off.

The second image shows those brave folks with their tripods, ear muffs, and bundled up in the cold morning. And the last image of the sandhill crane that just took off and lit by warm morning sunlight.

I knew that Bosque del Apache was a really popular place for birders, but I didn't realize it would be that packed! Thanks for showing the behind the scenes.

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AGeoJO wrote

A little behind the scene of the situation at Bosque del Apache. The first image of the crane pool there where several sandhill cranes ready to take off. Do you notice the shadows in the foreground? Those are shadows of photographers lining up on the ledge of the pool to watch/photograph cranes and snow geese to take off.

The second image shows those brave folks with their tripods, ear muffs, and bundled up in the cold morning. And the last image of the sandhill crane that just took off and lit by warm morning sunlight.

That really is crowded. I was there once, on the way back from the Grand Canyon, in April. No geese, no sandhills, no photographers! It was right along the way and I wanted to have a look, but it wasn't disappointing since I got my only look at an American Avocet. And there are plenty of sandhills near me; one of the main gathering places for fall migration, Jasper-Pulaski, is 90 minutes SW of me and has 12-14,000 cranes in early October.

Great photos, Joshua!

Depending on the time of the year, yes, it can really get crowded there at Bosque. They are 2 spots where folks gather in the morning and evening. Both are the locations, where snow geese and/or sandhill cranes spend the night roosting. So, the birds fly in in the evening and fly out in the morning at these 2 spots, which needless to say attract photographers and birders. For whatever reasons, one of the two spots is not favored by the birds this year. So, folks converged at this one spot. I would say there were some 200 people lining up at the water edge in the morning/evening here. After the show was over, people dispersed throughout the reserve and although you always bumped into others but not as often as at this particular spot that morning.

Thank you for your kind words, Harry and Danny!

Danny, I saw quite a few great sandhill crane images from Jasper-Pulaski. Yes, it is another crane sweet spot.

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A little behind the scene of the situation at Bosque del Apache. The first image of the crane pool there where several sandhill cranes ready to take off. Do you notice the shadows in the foreground? Those are shadows of photographers lining up on the ledge of the pool to watch/photograph cranes and snow geese to take off.

The second image shows those brave folks with their tripods, ear muffs, and bundled up in the cold morning. And the last image of the sandhill crane that just took off and lit by warm morning sunlight.

Looks like you had a wonderful trip Joshua! Love all of the series.

Yes, I did and thank you, Robert! We also enjoyed each other's company in addition to the birding part. While there we bumped into other FMers that frequent the Nature and Wildlife forum, Harsha, Larry Williams, among others. I never met them before in real life, just on FM.

I enjoy your eagle images posted in this thread and other threads - excellently captured!

Dec 08, 2017 at 07:31 AM

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Getting out of foggy scenes for a moment!