Full sky
This image is an addition of three shots. Each one was made high contrast and threshold in PS to extract just birds against white. While heavily processed, it is not un-representative of being there in person considering it is before sunrise, a few days past the full moon, and quite cloudy.
As the groups of Sandhill cranes become aloft, the sky is filled with ribbon after ribbon of cranes going different directions at different altitudes. The vocalizations are quite distinctive, carry a long distance, and very memorable. Cornell Labs says this about their calls: "The Sandhill Crane’s call is a loud, rolling, trumpeting sound whose unique tone is a product of anatomy: Sandhill Cranes have long tracheas (windpipes) that coil into the sternum and help the sound develop a lower pitch and harmonics that add richness."
Full sky
This image is an addition of three shots. Each one was made high contrast and threshold in PS to extract just birds against white. While heavily processed, it is not un-representative of being there in person considering it is before sunrise, a few days past the full moon, and quite cloudy.
As the groups of Sandhill cranes become aloft, the sky is filled with ribbon after ribbon of cranes going different directions at different altitudes. The vocalizations are quite distinctive, carry a long distance, and very memorable. Cornell Labs says this about their calls: "The Sandhill Crane’s call is a loud, rolling, trumpeting sound whose unique tone is a product of anatomy: Sandhill Cranes have long tracheas (windpipes) that coil into the sternum and help the sound develop a lower pitch and harmonics that add richness."