I was returning from a photo shoot in Colchester County when I decided to check the farmlands of East Hants County for Sandhill Cranes. I had no luck when a familiar red jeep pulled up behind me and yes indeed the occupant, a friend of mine, said he and his wife just saw a pair of Sandhill Cranes further up the road. 

As usual the cranes were a longs way off so I had to shoot at 1600mm which forces up the ISO (exposure speed). A by product of correcting the resultant extreme noise thus created in the exposure is a loss of detail since the processor (photoshop) doesn't know the difference between exposure noise or minute details on the subject so it all gets erased. The resultant image although not unattractive is more like a painting than a photograph. Fortunately I don't care since to me photography is art.

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