Maybe it was because I hadn’t had my morning shower yet…

The Sandhill Cranes came right up to check me out as I was photographing them…

Shows the importance of having multiple cameras with different lenses on hand even if you think you know what you will be photographing. I thought all my imaging would be of birds in the middle of the pond called Palmer Lake or flying away from said water. Had I not had the second body/lens combo I would have missed a cool opportunity.

sandhill crane photoSandhill Crane in pond Sarasota, Florida.

sandhill cranes in flightSandhill Cranes in flight and in silhouette.

Sandhill Cranes in the morning mistSandhill Cranes in the Morning mist.

On the Lumix GH3 I had the F3.5-5.6 100-300mm (200-600 35mm equiv) lens and on the Lumix GX7 had the f 2.8 35-100mm (70-200 35mm equiv).