Ken Pruett » Photography & Videography

The photo above is another of many from my trip to Bosque del Apache this past year. As the sun was setting across the vast New Mexico sky, the sandhill cranes began returning to the north pond after a day of feeding in the nearby farm fields. I positioned myself in front of this particular crane as he began quenching his thirst. As the cranes take a sip of water, they left their heads straight-up into the air looking to the heavens giving one the impression of really savoring the moment. Much like a lot of us coming home after a hard days work, setting down in our favorite chair and popping open our favorite beverage of choice.

Things are still moving at a pretty hectic pace around here so finding the time to get out and shoot some photos has not been successful lately. Add to the fact that I was involve in a minor car wreck earlier during the week to only add more things on my schedule to take care of. I am ok but the truck is going into the shop next week so I need to get all of the chores done this weekend that are going to involve any sort of hauling as I am not sure how long I will be without my truck. So in the mean time here is another photo from Bosque del Apache of a sandhill crane landing during the late afternoon in one of the local farm fields.

I thought this was sort of a humorous photo while all of the cranes are looking in the same general direction with the exception of one. I kept waiting for him to turn and look in the other direction so the group as a whole would be looking in the same direction. You know us photographers, we’re always looking for repeating patterns. And the it finally hit me. This was the shot. It was the disruption of the pattern that makes the photo. Not to mention it also adds a bit of humor.