Spruce Grouse Hen

Gallery: AvianPosted July 18, 201492 views5 comments

Canon 1D-X, 500mm f4 x 1.4 TC, handheld
f9, 1/1250, ISO2500

A Spruce Grouse in a White Spruce, Nabesna Road, Wrangell-St. Elias N.P. This is the hen that was calling to the chicks posted earlier.

Full frame. Adjustments to Levels; selective sharpening to bird. Special care to make certain sRGB Color Profile embedded in the JPEG (Thanks, Keith!).

C & C, please. Thanks for looking.

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Keith Bauer on July 18, 2014 at 10:31 AM

Hi Jim: Very nice Grouse image. Interesting to get this view up in a tree. I like the greenery. Colors look great with that sRGB color profile embedded!!

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on July 18, 2014 at 10:09 PM

Very unique image Jim. Not sure I have ever seen one perched before (even though I know they do it).

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 19, 2014 at 1:39 PM

Nice one, Jim. I like the alert pose and it's certainly in the right habitat!

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on July 22, 2014 at 8:20 AM

Nice setting and eye contact Jim

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on July 23, 2014 at 2:09 PM

Nice to get this species perched up like this Jim. Good detail. I would consider cropping a bit off the right to remove some of the oof gray area there.

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