The cranes definitely took me out of my photography comfort zone. I’m usually a lot closer to the birds, and it’s usually just one at a time. So it was a challenge to find interactions between smaller groups within the much larger group. It was a good way to work on what Michael Forsberg told me, to look for the story. I also learned that unlike many other birds who perform, cranes often dance together. This was early in the morning so I figure the one that’s in the air is trying to get the other one to wake up and dance too.