Ken Papaleo: X Marks the Shot: Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge, Colorado.

"X Shot" information.

Camera - Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III

ISO - 500

Shutter - 1/4000 sec.

F/stop - 6.3

Lens - 500 mm

Tripod used for this photo.

LOCATION.

1. Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge, Monte Vista, Colorado.

2. Drive time form Denver is about 4 hours.

3. I believe the cranes have already left for Idaho, where they spend the summer.

THE CHALLENGE.

I think this was the 20th time photographing the cranes and I always came out of there with something

new. With so many birds and the changing weather, its almost impossible to come up empty. Therefor

there really isn't any challenge, just plan on spending a lot of time with the birds to see all of their activities.

SOLUTION.

When covering something that provides shooting possibilities that last all day, you want to avoid having your images looking similar. The best way to do this is by using all your lenses. Don't get caught only using big glass. For fun I would decide on using a certain lens and stick with it until I got something good.

Note - An earlier blog was dedicated to the "Dance of the Cranes", posted March 19th, 2012.

OTHER PICTURES FROM THE REFUGE.