California Quail

Gallery: AvianPosted May 19, 2011199 views12 comments

One California Quail has discovered my feeder. However, I have found that there is no such thing as one California Quail, as he has now brought all of his friends over to feast.

D700
500mm
1/320
f8
iso 500
cloned out a small branch

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on May 19, 2011 at 10:02 PM

Sweet! I can rarely find these guys anywhere but on the ground.
Great pose and head-turn, nice BG, and complimentary perch.
I might try darkening the BG tree branch, as it competes a bit with the quail.
Sandy

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on May 19, 2011 at 10:38 PM

very cool and a beautiful perch. You have much better birds at your feeders there than I do here

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Comment posted by Doug Egging on May 19, 2011 at 11:01 PM

This photo really captures my eye. I like all the feather detail that you have captured. I too wish I was lucky enough to get this type of bird at my feeders.

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Comment posted by Simon Bennett on May 19, 2011 at 11:37 PM

Lovely image and bird, I especially like the pose and eye contact, and plumage detail evident in the larger image.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on May 20, 2011 at 12:05 AM

Nicely done Charlie. Pose, perch etc. all excellent.

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on May 20, 2011 at 5:59 AM

A great shot Charlie. The bird is nice and sharp with great detail and a nice head turn. BG is perfect. Very small nit is the OOF part of the perch coming up behind the bird and the small piece intruding in the LRHC. I think the comp would be stronger without those being there, but still a great shot.

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on May 20, 2011 at 7:53 PM

Interesting perch, nice head turn and I love the background Charlie. For some reason, all but the head seems slightly bright to me (perhaps it's time for me to recalibrate). I just spent 20 minutes trying to shoot this species out my back door in the first sun we've had for days but the setting always looks just like what it is - a suburban back yard...

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Comment posted by Terry Sohl on May 20, 2011 at 8:18 PM

Cool thing to have at your feeders...I always think these guys have such character. Nicely captured.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on May 20, 2011 at 8:58 PM

I'd love these in the back yard Charlie - nice one

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Steve Canuel on May 20, 2011 at 11:55 PM

Nice shot of this handsome bird. I like the mottling of the BG.

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Comment posted by KC Choo on May 21, 2011 at 9:53 AM

Charlie, you already know that I like this!

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on May 21, 2011 at 10:48 AM

Beautiful, clear shot of the bird, with great background.

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