Friday, October 16, 2009

Wattled Crane

This Wattled Crane from Africa was photographed at the Lowry Park Zoo. I love their bright red faces. This is a huge crane, standing up to 6 ft tall. This is the second largest crane in the species, second only to the Sarus Crane.

Settings used making this photo are 1/3200 at F7.1 in Aperture Priority mode with partial metering on the bird's face at ISO 400 with 235mm focal length with my 55-250mm lens.

2 comments:

Mango said...

Great color, Loyce. Such an interesting shot, curvy and straight, fluffy and smooth, I like the opposing features. Very pleasing photograph--besides, he seems proud to have his picture taken!

Unknown said...

Thank you, Margo. Isn't he a beauty?