Early morning Red Grouse

Gallery: AvianPosted November 14, 201494 views5 comments

Well, it was good to see there are still some of these game birds lurking and feeding in the heather and haven't all ended up, 'in the pot', although they do taste good.

It was also great to see and watch for around an hour, a pair of Rough legged Buzzards flying around the area to, swept down from Scandinavia.

Steve

Subject: Basking Red Grouse in heather (Lagopus lagopus)
Location: UK
Camera: Canon 1DX
Lens: 500f/4 with 1.4x HH
Exposure: 1/500s at f/8 ISO400
Original format: Landscape, very slight crop, one or two blades of heather removed.

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by keith mitchell on November 14, 2014 at 11:25 AM

Steve is that Bg oof heather? It really does set your Grouse off, exposure looks spot on, very nice .

Cheers Keith.

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Comment posted by Scott Frye on November 14, 2014 at 12:47 PM

Would be great to get close to one of these -- I'm not a fan of OOF foreground such as the grasses lower left -- I do the subtle colors of the BG,

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on November 15, 2014 at 3:49 PM

I wish the OOF foreground weren't so dominant, but a handsome bird with a stellar background. Good enough!

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on November 16, 2014 at 1:08 AM

Interesting light and a fine pose.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on November 17, 2014 at 8:40 AM

Nice pose, position and light in this one Steve. I also like the BG in this a lot...it compliments the bird well.

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