Chukar

Gallery: AvianPosted October 18, 20051,200 views12 comments

This guy was running around and making a lot of noise in Red Rock Canyon near Las Vegas.

Canon 20D, 300mm F/4 IS, 1.4X, HH
1/800 sec., f 10.0, ISO 400, afternoon light
cropped from horizontal, some vegetation cloned out from rt. side

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Colin Smale on October 18, 2005 at 4:02 AM

Cooperative guy, nice capture. Like the setting.

Registered on November 10, 2003, 48 Posts, 1158 Comments

Comment posted by Juza on October 18, 2005 at 6:03 AM

Hi Bob,
I like the pose, the clean BG and the low angle of view.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 374 Posts, 10466 Comments

Comment posted by Bob Steele on October 18, 2005 at 8:45 AM

Excellent! The habitat and background are perfect for this dry habitat loving species. And you got him calling!! This is quite possibly the best I've ever seen of a Chukar, well done!!

Registered on November 1, 2003, 354 Posts, 13896 Comments

Comment posted by renae sandberg on October 18, 2005 at 11:23 AM

Wonderful shot. They say we have these guys in Northern Nevada also and I've never seen one. The colors, comp and definition in this photo are fantastic.

Registered on December 29, 2004, 313 Posts, 2476 Comments

Comment posted by Martin Creasser on October 18, 2005 at 2:01 PM

Beautiful image Bob.

Registered on November 14, 2003, 31 Posts, 469 Comments

Comment posted by Kenneth Kijewski on October 18, 2005 at 5:01 PM

Wow..a stunner!!! Congrats on this!

Registered on February 17, 2004, 166 Posts, 3390 Comments

Comment posted by Garth McElroy on October 18, 2005 at 5:40 PM

Awesome Bob!!!

Registered on November 1, 2003, 248 Posts, 4406 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on October 18, 2005 at 9:44 PM

Wonderful as posted. I wish this wasin my files.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1031 Posts, 12705 Comments

Comment posted by Steve Heironymus on October 18, 2005 at 10:04 PM

What they said!!

Registered on November 1, 2003, 36 Posts, 1110 Comments

Comment posted by Tom Grey on October 19, 2005 at 6:32 PM

Yep - classic!

Registered on December 2, 2003, 144 Posts, 2069 Comments

Comment posted by Doug Benner on October 29, 2005 at 6:05 AM

I love the low-angle pose, the expression, and the soft bg. Congratulations on an excellent image.

Registered on December 8, 2003, 482 Posts, 1868 Comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on March 22, 2014 at 2:28 PM

I like the close framing/comp and open beak pose Bob.
The techs look great, nice details from what I can see at this size.
Thanx again for the bird ID correction, there are several species of that warbler that look very similar.

Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments