Cranes

Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis)

Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
Socorro, New Mexico

I like to use a variety of shutter speeds to capture motion or create different, artistic effects. Here I slowed down the shutter just enough to still capture the birds relatively sharply, but to blur slightly the beautiful, colorful tree in the background.

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From Bosque del Apache