Ruff male

Gallery: AvianPosted June 17, 2012309 views11 comments

We've spend 8 nights with the ruff to capture their mating rituals. We also did a lot of portraits because the light and background was just stunning.

iso 400 1/60s f/5.6 Nikon D3s - Nikon 500/4 VR - 1.4TC

Edwin Kats

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11 comments

Comment posted by Jorne de Bruin on June 17, 2012 at 8:57 AM

Superb Edwin! Love the way you used DoF here, and the light/coloour is great! Top shot!

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Comment posted by KC Choo on June 17, 2012 at 9:23 AM

This is ever so good! As you said, the lighting and BG is fantastic.

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on June 17, 2012 at 10:17 AM

Edwin,
This is the kind of wildlife shots I love. Great use of Rule of Thirds. Creative and subtle.

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Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on June 17, 2012 at 10:20 AM

Very artistic use of DOF. I like this one a lot. Nice work, Edwin.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on June 17, 2012 at 4:02 PM

Neat and very effective. What a great way to show the unique ruff of this species.

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Comment posted by Sandra Hendrikse on June 18, 2012 at 2:00 AM

Wonderfull shot. I love it.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on June 18, 2012 at 3:11 AM

Wonderful colors you have here! Was this blur all naturally induced, or has been done through post processing, I am not sure since it looks a little strange to me... Nevertheless a powerful image. Cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on June 18, 2012 at 6:31 PM

Unique take with the large area of negative space. Thought it was a plant going to seed from the thumbnail. Glad I opened it up!

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on June 19, 2012 at 10:01 PM

Love the colors and your choice for comp here is real nice Edwin.

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Comment posted by May Haga on June 20, 2012 at 7:10 PM

Stunning image Edwin.
May

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on June 22, 2012 at 3:58 AM

A very unusual image for sure, and I like it a lot. Your excellent creative vision is nicely displayed in this photo Edwin.
Sweet Photo

Ken Archer

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