Sandhill Cranes on a rare hill in Florida. They were really whooping it up and dancing beautifully. Unfortunately they kept disappearing behind the hill and this was the only shot of the dancing that I was able to capture. They are fun to watch and are loved by so many here in Florida.
There was a beautiful "Sun Dog" in the shot, but I couldn't get the color right and still have the cranes stand out in basic editing. I went with turning the sky yellow/orange.
I adjusted color and tweaked with Curves. Hue/Sat and Color balance, sharpened with Topaz detail, ran a little NN and saved for web. Came back next day and increased saturation of the yellow/orange in the sky unnaturally.
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Yay!! A ribbon after 3+ years! I never thought it would happen!
Thanks for all the great comments and congratulations! I never thought a virtual ribbon would feel so good! :) :)
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Beautiful. Is this, in fact, a mating dance? I wish I knew. If it is, I would probably give it a high score. If it isn't, I'd have to DNMC it. I'm torn; what will I do? The open beak and the way the one on the right appears to be looking at the one on the left does suggest a paired relationship. I might give you this one.
Stunning nature shot, great lighting and silhouettes. Effort. Dance left, beek open right, beats the hell out of the formulae shots of cats/dogs/ring shadows in this challenge!
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