Sept. 1, 2006 - Sandhill Crane, Bosque del Apache

Canon 20D, 70 - 200 mm f/2.8 IS, 2X Teleconverter, @ 330 mm, f/5.6, 1/2000 sec., ISO 400, Feb. 2006

Taking pictures of birds in flight is not the easiest thing in the world to do (unless, of course, you're Art Morris). For every in-focus shot that I managed to get, there were at least 10 that were either out of focus or really bad for some other reason. It requires a lot of practice and a lot of patience. Still, every time you get a half-way decent image like this, you feel it's worth the effort. And at least you're only "throwing away" pixels, not film!