Resources 5
Welcome to the Cranes in Flight Gallery. We hope you enjoy these images of Brolgas and Australian Sarus Cranes in all the stages of flight: takeoff, landing and in the air. Please support our generous contributing photographers if you have grant-funded or commercial projects. They are (in alpha order) – Rob Gray, Peter Merritt, Ian Montgomery, David Stowe, and Michael Todd. More on each photographer is at the end of this page»
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Cranes in Flight (1)
↑ Sarus Cranes against a pastel Tableland sky (Ian Montgomery)
↑ A Brolga runs to gain lift-off from a Western Queensland swamp (Rob Gray)
↑ A Brolga breeding pair takes flight (Peter Merritt)
Sarus Cranes prepare for landing and fly down to roost in Bromfield Swamp, far north Queensland (David Stowe)
The Photographers
Rob Gray
..travels across outback Australia in an extraordinary off-road motorhome. His images and diaries of people, places, wildlife and The Vehicle are published in a variety of books and magazines. His gallery, Rob Gray Photography, is regularly archived by the National Library of Australia as a ‘publication of national significance’.
Peter Merritt
..photographs every kind of Australian wildlife from camels to wrens. One of the books illustrated with Peter's work is ‘Wedgetailed Eagle’ (Penny Olsen, published by CSIRO). Gallery: Merritt Images
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Ian Montgomery
..retired early from science to concentrate on professional bird photography. His online portfolios include Brolgas and Sarus Cranes as well as hundreds of South American, Asian and European birds. Gallery: Birdway
David Stowe
..operates a real life gallery in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales, at Carindale Winery, Pokolbin. His website includes images of outback scenery and wildlife. Gallery: David Stowe Photography
Michael Todd
..prefers photography but still works as a scientist, while doing a PhD on Masked Owls in Tasmania. Photography of plants, buildings, landscapes and wildlife has taken him to many places including outback Australia, Thailand and Hawaii. Gallery: Wildlifing
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