an effortless 1st attempt at capturing a photo of a long-legged grey crowned crane proved to be an easy task as the winged vertebrate sparsely moved at all and totally oblivious to my presence. though less challenging, the beauty of its golden feathered crown managed to hypnotize my left eye through the viewfinder for countless exposures. taken at the aviary park, taman mini indonesia indah in january 2011.

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