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Cranes, Cranes and more Cranes
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Common Cranes (Grus grus), plenty of them!
Photo information:
The photo was taken at Hulah Valley, were large variety of birds and also flocks of cranes and pelicans stop for resting during migration north or south.
About Hulah Valley (from Wikipedia):
The Hulah Valley or Hula Valley (in Hebrew: עמק החולה, `Emeq ha-Hūlāh) is an agricultural region in northern Israel with abundant fresh water.
Lake Hulah or Lake Hula (the Biblical Lake Merom) and its surrounding swamps were drained in the 1950s as an attempt to alter the environment to suit agricultural needs. Though initially perceived as a great national achievement for Israel, with time it became evident that the benefits from transforming the "wasteland" of Lake Hula and its swamps were limited. In the past few years, following nearly 50 years of an unsuccessful struggle to utilize the drained valley's resources, the Israeli government has finally recognized that successful development can endure only if a balanced compromise between nature and development is reached. Thus, a small section of the former lake and swamp region was recently reflooded in an attempt to prevent further soil deterioration and to revive the nearly extinct ecosystem.
About Crane (from Wikipedia):
The Common Crane (Grus grus), also known as the Eurasian Crane, is a bird of the family Gruidae, the cranes.
It is a large, stately bird, 100-130 cm long, with a 180-230 cm wingspan and a weight of 4.5-6 kg. It is grey with a white facial streak and a bunch of black plumes on its tail. Adults have a red crown patch. It has a loud trumpeting call, given in flight and display. It has a dancing display, leaping with wings uplifted.
Post-Processing:
1. Levels
2. Crop
Additional EXIF information:
Make - Canon
Model - Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL
DateTime - 2006:02:10 13:32:08
ExposureTime - 1/800 seconds
FNumber - 6.30
ISOSpeedRatings - 400
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ShutterSpeedValue - 1/800 seconds
ApertureValue - F 6.30
ExposureBiasValue - 0.33
MaxApertureValue - F 5.60
MeteringMode - Multi-segment
Flash - Not fired
FocalLength - 300 mm
ExifImageWidth - 3072
ExifImageHeight - 2048
ExposureMode - Auto
Macro mode - Off
Self timer - Off
Quality - Fine
Flash mode - Not fired
Sequence mode - Continous
Focus mode - One-Shot
Image size - Large
Easy shooting mode - Manual
Digital zoom - None
Contrast - High , +1
Saturation - High , +1
Sharpness - High , +1
Metering mode - Evaluative
Focus type - Auto
AF point selected -
Exposure mode - Av-priority
Focal length - 100 - 300 mm (1 mm)
White Balance - Auto
Flash bias - 0.00 EV
Subject Distance - 13000
Image Type - IMG:EOS DIGITAL REBEL JPEG |
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Oh wow!! Amazing shot!! I love cranes and I've never seen so many at the same time!!!!!
Excellent shot, well composed and detailed.
TFS,
Andrea
- thor68
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(4577) - [2007-02-24 12:08]
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wow, amazing, so many cranes...standing, walking,
flying. lucky you, never really seen them, maybe flying
over cologne for a couple minutes.
i guess they left for the north again by now or
are they still around? are there any other interesting
places for birds at the moment in israel,
as i am in Tel-Aviv at the moment and for the next 2 weeks?
great job & take care,
thorsten.
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- manyee
(19618)
- [2007-02-25 3:32]
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Wow, Shahar. I would have loved to be there.
What a thrill it must have been to see this multitude of cranes.
I like the composition with all the cranes in the foreground going in every direction and in different poses.
TFS. : )
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- SelenE
(11816)
- [2007-04-09 12:55]
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Hi Sharar,
It's a lovely scene, one that every bird photographer would like to see! Background is very interesting. Nice composition. TFS
Selen
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