Photo Of The Day By David Heilman

Photo By David Heilman

Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Yoga Crane” by David Heilman. Location: Door County, Wisconsin.

“We have two sandhill cranes that visit our yard on a daily basis,” says Heilman. “This image was taken late in the day when one of them must have needed a nap.”

Sony A9, Sigma 150-600mm lens at 840mm. Exposure: 1/500 sec., f/9, ISO 1250.

Photo of the Day is chosen from various OP galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and the OP Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the OP website homepage, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. To get your photos in the running, all you have to do is submit them.

Originally Published May 27, 2020

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