Purple patch

Gallery: AvianPosted September 4, 2011176 views7 comments

Last one in the series, well for the moment anyway.

Great minds Simon.

Steve

Subject: Wet Red grouse in moorland, early morning (Lagopus lagopus)
Location: UK
Camera: Canon MKIII
Lens: 500f/4 plus 1.4x - handheld
Exposure: 1/250s at f11 ISO400 0 stop compensation
Crop: Almost FF, slight crop (original capture vertical)

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Gary Marquart on September 4, 2011 at 11:44 AM

Nice image Stephen, the Heather makes for an interesting and unique background. I like the pose/head turn.

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on September 4, 2011 at 1:02 PM

Steve a very nice comp. I really like the amount of FG heather. The bird's pose is nice with a good head turn and nice light in the eye. Bird looks sharp in the larger version. Nice work.

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Comment posted by keith mitchell on September 4, 2011 at 2:59 PM

Steve its looks very good from where i'm sitting the bird sits very well in pink Heather.

Keith.

Registered on July 12, 2008, 127 Posts, 1735 Comments

Comment posted by Sally King on September 4, 2011 at 7:01 PM

Such a nice pose in a great environment. Nice details and the colors are outstanding.

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Comment posted by May Haga on September 4, 2011 at 7:26 PM

Stunning, the setting is amazing.
May

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Comment posted by Dan Walters on September 5, 2011 at 11:37 PM

Great pose and I like the surrounding flowers. Adds some great color.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on September 6, 2011 at 5:25 PM

Excellent shot with the heather color making the grouse really stand out, very nice detail on the larger version with the head turn and eye contact, well seen and well done.

Registered on September 17, 2009, 302 Posts, 5535 Comments