Several photos of sandhill cranes (grus canadensis) taken at the Bosque del Apache wildlife refuge which is south of Albuquerque, near the white sands missile range in New Mexico.
I cropped the second photo, but the rest are full frame images. Not bad for the (relatively) inexpensive Nikkor 70-300 I own. I saw a lot of very expensive glass while there – dozens of photographers with lenses that stretched over a foot in length. The kind of lens you attach to the tripod, and the camera just hangs from the lens.
How do they carry those things? I should have taken a picture of some of them. 
Sounds like a little “lens envy”! LOL Nice shots James!
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heh… maybe a little. I actually only regretted not thinking to rent one. I wouldn’t turn it down if someone offered me a free 400mm f/2, but just couldn’t imagine justifying the cost.
I would have liked to see the pictures of the other cameras, too.
You really got a good camera and lenses. You can still have the best shots even at a distance.
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Really nice photos! like the one with the silhouettes the best.
Nice capture! I like the 1st one the most. The stretched wings of the bird was beautifully captured. It’s quite difficult for my end to capture a moving object and you’ve done it best. You are indeed a photographer James.
its a beautiful scenery, the shot is vivid and full of details
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good times. thanks for the pics
wish we could add sound, I love the noise they make when flying overhead.
Those are nice photos.. It seems that those are real and I had a great time looking at them. I also tried to capture a flying bird but it doesn’t seem to be as beautiful as what you did. I guess I should try it next time and hopefully I will have a better result. LOL.. Thanks for sharing these photos. Good day!
Nice capture! I like the 1st one the most. The stretched wings of the bird was beautifully captured. It’s quite difficult for my end to capture a moving object and you’ve done it best. You are indeed a photographer James.
photographs were taken at shorter camera focal length and downslope ..
Great pics.
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The 3rd and 4th pictures are my favorite…amazing! So lovely. I really like pictures with water involved, the reflections and surface of the water always fascinate me.