Down Slippers

Gallery: AvianPosted December 29, 2009129 views6 comments

I can't seem to get away from Willow Ptarmigan this winter. Here is another shot of these beautiful birds. I really like how you get to see the fuzzy legs and feet in this shot, hence the title "Down Slippers".

Sony a700
Minolta 70 - 210 mm f4 lens

Taken at 210 mm (315 mm full frame)
ISO 200
f5 for 1/500 second
+0.3ev

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Jimmie Fata on December 29, 2009 at 10:11 AM

The bird in the foreground looks like it is pacing back and forth and thinking real hard. Lovely shot.

Registered on December 27, 2009, 14 Posts, 55 Comments

Comment posted by Sally King on December 29, 2009 at 10:26 AM

Boy, they do have downy slippers. Another shot that looks super cold. The angle of the light even makes it look colder. Love the pose on the front bird.

Registered on December 2, 2008, 416 Posts, 4450 Comments

Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on December 29, 2009 at 2:28 PM

Lee -

If I'd seen this bird in the field in Alaska I'd have thought it a female Rock Ptarmigan; the Rock ladies don't always have the black loral stripe. The bird is less chunky than I'd expect a Willow Ptarmigan female to be, and the bill seems slightly large for a WIPT. Good capture, either way.

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Comment posted by May Haga on December 29, 2009 at 4:19 PM

Love this. Really like the misty whiteness of it, with the bird padding silently across the snow.
Well done.
May

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on December 29, 2009 at 6:14 PM

Burr! Not much else to say except I like the feeling of the image.

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on December 29, 2009 at 8:55 PM

I like the white on white and the icy blues, it does feel cold looking at it.

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