Red Grouse

Gallery: AvianPosted August 10, 20041,824 views11 comments

10D 100-400@260mm,1/250@f8,iso200, hand held lying on ground.

I haven't posted for some months now. Took this last Saturday.

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Terry Sohl on August 10, 2004 at 4:09 PM

Very nice!! Great perspective, great little patch of habitat.

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Comment posted by Kenneth Kijewski on August 10, 2004 at 4:33 PM

Never seen a Grouse look so majestic...nice capture

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Comment posted by Peter Bowden on August 10, 2004 at 9:16 PM

Nice work on the DOF! Quite dramatic.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on August 10, 2004 at 9:47 PM

Looks good to me as well.

Nicely done.

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Comment posted by Jamie Newman on August 11, 2004 at 1:22 AM

Nice low perspective Martin.
Reminds me of a Famous Grouse Scotch Whisky advert!

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Comment posted by Marsel van Oosten on August 11, 2004 at 8:18 AM

Wonderful shot - love the soft light. I think you could/should sell this to the famous whisky brewers!

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Comment posted by Bart Breet on August 11, 2004 at 12:03 PM

Very nice image Martin, now I'm sorry I couldn't join Peter (that very strange Dutch bloke you've met

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If I could make a suggestion; crop a bit from the left and bottom, setting the bird off-center and minimize the OOF foreground.

Registered on November 12, 2003, 28 Posts, 66 Comments

Comment posted by Martin Creasser on August 11, 2004 at 3:35 PM

Thanks for the suggestions Bart, yes it would have been nice to meet you, hopefully there'll be other times. I had a good time with Peter -except for the wasps at lunch

Thanks to everyone else who commented.

Martin.

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Comment posted by Bruce Sherman on August 12, 2004 at 10:59 AM

Hi Martin,
Wonderful in every way. How in the world did you get so close to this guy?

Registered on November 9, 2003, 165 Posts, 1116 Comments

Comment posted by Tom Grey on August 12, 2004 at 12:11 PM

Wow, a beauty! Lying on the ground was key, and f8 was just right on DOF. Were you already there waiting for him? I'm guessing that from shooting zoomed only halfway out.

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Comment posted by Martin Creasser on August 12, 2004 at 1:41 PM

Bruce, Tom, he was a bit of a rogue male. Instead of running he was chasing. He was at 5.8m when I took this but he kept advancing until he was inside minimum focus distance. The more I backed off, the more he followed. He was fantastic, the really sad thing is that he may be no more now as today is the 'Glorious 12th' - first day of the Grouse shooting season. Hopefully he'll survive. I'll check out his 'patch' next time I go there. Thanks for commenting.

Martin.

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