Ruffed Grouse

Gallery: AvianPosted September 15, 2013136 views7 comments

Canon 1D-X, 500mm x 1.4 TC, handheld
f8, 1/800, ISO20000

An unusual place for a Ruffed Grouse; the camo doesn't work so well against changing birch leaves.

Full frame, slight noise reduction. The performance of the 1D-X at high ISO is very good.

C & C, please. Thanks for looking.

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Hans Overduin on September 16, 2013 at 5:21 AM

Interesting species in an unusual place. First time I see it, so thanks for sharing ! Nice shot ! Cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on September 16, 2013 at 9:00 AM

Pretty interesting place for a grouse. Did you mean ISO 2000??

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on September 16, 2013 at 10:48 AM

Keith: No, this is ISO 20000.

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on September 16, 2013 at 11:12 AM

Cool. Thanks for the clarification Jim. Impressive performance for ISO 20000.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on September 16, 2013 at 10:13 PM

It's a nice setting but the grouse doesn't look very sharp to me, maybe another round of sharpening.

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on September 17, 2013 at 6:56 PM

Love the setting for the species, Jim. Interesting that with all those leaves there's hardly a feather obscured.

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Comment posted by John Tobias on September 26, 2013 at 8:06 AM

The green of the leaves does set off the grouse very nicely. 20,000 ISO WOW! thanks for sharing.

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