Michael Menefee Photography

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The Variety Collection

My images in this gallery are used in other galleries or for elements of the website, but please do feel free to browse/shop it if you are curious. You will find a large potpourri of my photography in this collection with image subjects ranging from urban to wilderness.
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Sandhill Crane Isolation
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Sandhill Crane Isolation

One day while exploring Bosque del Apache NWR in New Mexico we had a close encounter with a Sandhill Crane ( http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Sandhill_Crane.html ) with just exceptional light and good working distance, an opportunity too good to pass up. So I threw a beanbag on the window and went to town.

When we got home I found the road behind the crane as somewhat distracting and held off converting the NEF (raw image). But now I am back to finding the light and clarity irresistible and decided to play with the image, feel free to let me know if you think the bit of road in the bokeh is distracting.

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  • Busted Old Aermotor
  • Two Track Prairie Vista
  • The Light of Greality
  • Crane Flight Diagonal
  • A Mother's Loving Hand
  • I Has a String
  • The Chapel on the Rock in the Mist
  • Stacked Colorado Rockies Sunset
  • Stick to the Plan
  • A Slightly Different Sunset Pillar
  • A Geyser Rainbow For My Friends
  • Night Heron Braking into Grace
  • Moosaparazzi Gets Too Close
  • Sandhill Crane Isolation
  • The Crane's Dream
  • Northern Shoveler Silver Thread
  • Winter Male American Kestrel
  • In Excelsior Day Glow
  • Green Streams in Fall Forests
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