Thanks Martin, it was taken on an overcast day with my Olympus C-730. Only the other day I went looking for the original, I know I have it, just can't remember where! I think it would look better with more space on the left and top, he seems to be floating down and to the right.
Not as good as the others, but I just took this yesterday on a backpacking trip. My cam doesn't have the best zoom capablities and I didn't want to get to close and scare him off.
Got this one yesterday and my PhotoShop instructor helped me edit it last night. I was going to shoe-horn it into the Elements challenge, but thought better of it.
I am not a bird person, but I went to a wildlife refuge today and got some shots including a mass, sunrise takeoff of Snow geese (the sandhill cranes waited a while then took off in ones and twos):
And a crane (unknown species):
I also saw some bald eagles, but could not get close enough (even with 10X optical zoom).
