Re: Sandhill Cranes with Chicks
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Second Hand Pat
Thanks Dave, we have Sandhills here all year. They have made a huge comeback over the last 20 years. I was used a AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm 1:3.5-5.6GII ED if that answers your question. I was zoomed all the way out for the most part and many of the pictures were a bit out of focus. Still very much a beginner at photography. :)
Pat
It does, if you were zoomed all the way out you would have been at the 200mm focal length as that lens is an 18mm-200mm focal length super zoom lens (super because of the huge range from wide angle to a telephoto) Pat, you can't fool me, you are no beginner, you have an eye for composition, you make your camera work for you, and while you are still learning so are the rest of us :)
Re: Sandhill Cranes with Chicks
Aw, thanks Dave :D. I have drawn and played in different media since I was a kid so to some degree composition cames a bit natural to me. With these birds I followed them around for quite a while waiting for some nice shots but I was at the limit of my lens. Did manage to get some ok shots :)
Pat
Re: Sandhill Cranes with Chicks
Great series. An awesome thing to be able to see. I have never seen them with chicks but I have had a chance to see them wintering in NM.
Hopefully you will get to spend some more time with them.
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Thanks Stan, I too hope they hang around for a while. Saw another pair yesterday with two very large chicks so this pair is a bit late but may have better chances of keeping both chicks with warmer weather.
Pat
Re: Sandhill Cranes with Chicks
I missed this earlier. Very nice set Pat. I'm so jealous that I couldn't photograph these beautiful birds!
Re: Sandhill Cranes with Chicks
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rickztahone
I missed this earlier. Very nice set Pat. I'm so jealous that I couldn't photograph these beautiful birds!
Need a telephoto lens Ricardo to do this justice. :(
Pat
Re: Sandhill Cranes with Chicks
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Second Hand Pat
Need a telephoto lens Ricardo to do this justice. :(
Pat
Tamron 70-300 4-5.6 would serve you well there and it won't break the bank right around $300. But I know you just bought the macro so maybe down the line
Re: Sandhill Cranes with Chicks
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Originally Posted by
rickztahone
Tamron 70-300 4-5.6 would serve you well there and it won't break the bank right around $300. But I know you just bought the macro so maybe down the line
Thanks Ricardo, believe Len got that one.
Re: Sandhill Cranes with Chicks
Took two videos of the parents with chicks. I wasn't sure it I would find them but they were right where I left them yesterday. In this first video you will see one of the parents defend the family against a cat. It was my cat. Blaze would not have bothered the birds but the parents do not know that. They only want the cat out of their space. The cat followed me and I did not know that until I saw one of the parents become alert.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgDWubtCURc
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Pat, here is another option Sigma 70-300 http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc..._DG_Macro.html $169.00
I had the Tamron and now have the Sigma as I killed the Tamron.
Also Keh.com has a few old 600mm f8 mirror lenses (manual focus) that are fun for birding and they have a strange bokeh (around $150.00).
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In this video the parents are feeding the chicks. You will see the parents pick grubs and offer it to the chicks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0cKl7yleWo
Re: Sandhill Cranes with Chicks
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dagray
Pat, here is another option Sigma 70-300
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc..._DG_Macro.html $169.00
I had the Tamron and now have the Sigma as I killed the Tamron.
Also Keh.com has a few old 600mm f8 mirror lenses (manual focus) that are fun for birding and they have a strange bokeh (around $150.00).
Thanks Dave, I will check that out.
Pat
Re: Sandhill Cranes with Chicks
There is a pair of these along a rural highway in my county and for some reason they nested about 10 feet from the edge of the pavement. Every day when I drive by they're standing there with their chick. I'm afraid it's going to get hit. :(
Funny, my family has incorrectly called these whooping cranes for years, probably since my grandpa was a kid. Unfortunately the whooping crane numbers are critically low here and I don't think I've ever seen a real one alive in the wild.
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I have not seem one either Ryan but understand they do have a population of them in Osceola county.
Pat
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My best hunting grounds for these have always been Myakka River State Park and surrounding areas in FL. ..I have taken many pics of them over the years..but thats the only place I ever could get close.Beautiful birds.