Saw the fall leaves contest and thought I would send two images in for consideration. As I was laid off about a month ago, I have had more shooting time which is great this time of year here in MI. Image 1 is a Sandhill Crane which migrate through here in the fall. Some of my favorite birds to photograph as they are so animated and fun to watch. Although leaves are not the primary focus on this shot, I wanted to get a crane landing in front of fall leaves. This field was full of cranes, the light was great and this guy did exactly what I asked:). Canon 7D, 500 f4 with a 1.4x extender. Image shot from the car handheld.
Image 2 is from a pond I routinely pass by and on this day it was glass with a nice reflection of the trees. This is actually a 5 image stitch using photoshop to do the merge. 7D with a 24-70 2.8, manually exposed.
-Daniel Wolin
