Congrats to your new camera John!

Nice catch!

Love the DFO , lovely shot 9/9+

Wow, that is awesome! The eye is particularly striking. Great capture.

Good colors, beautiful shot. +10
Cool camera, congrats.

awesome cature... well done

Very good capture. Love the colors.
A big congratulations on the new camera!!

gr8 capture John!!
Congrats for new camera

This is awesome. Top Marks. Might wanna clear up those greenish specks in the background over the black area, minor problem though.

Nice one John! Great rich late day tones. I'm thinking those whitish specks are small flying insects. I'd clone them out.
We had a single and very lost Sandhill Crane here in RI last winter. It spent 3 months here hanging with some Mute Swans. It may have perished in the cold. I rarely get to see this beautiful species. One may show up here once in 3 years and usually only for a day.

Enjoy your 40D. You'll love it!

Very cool photo! Really liked this one!
Congrats on the camera! I was holding one yesterday and looking at my bank extract and... well, not yet unfortunately!

Wonderful lighting!.....great capture John!
Congratulations for the new camera!
Carlos

great lighting, nice details.. nice new camera

Great picture enyou the camera

brilliant clear photo + great color
that eye is so cool would´t clone that insects out

Wonderful shot John

The lighting is awesome you can almost feel the warmth

+ 10

great lighting and colors.
good work.

Excellent work John.
+10

Nice shot but looks like the eyes could be abit sharper....!!!

Great capture John!
fantastic details, cool color and cool composition
Congratulations for your new camera and cool Lens

Beautiful capture!
nice light, nice color.

looks like the lens has been dirty in the upper right corner. it's a really magnificent shot. the bird looks beautiful in this light

Killadore: Lens was not dirty.... those are small insects hovering around the crane.

Beautiful shot, love it

Cool color love it
+10

great detail