French Partridge

Gallery: AvianPosted January 28, 2015129 views7 comments

French Partridge.
I could call it field craft as some do but I don't really think so. I was sat in my car trying to photograph a rabbit when this bird suddenly turned up at the side of the car and started to try to dust bathe in mainly pebbles ! Seemed completely oblivious to me or the vehicle ! I thought it quite nice the way the light seemed to pick out the bird from what would I think normally be called a "messy" background.

D200
400 ISO
250thsec
f10
Sigma 100-300mm f4.5
Nearly full frame
Neat image on darker areas.
PSPro7 /Bibble Pro
Thanks for Comments on last pic.
Cheers
JohnR

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on January 28, 2015 at 10:02 PM

Absolutely gorgeous, John! No nits.

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Comment posted by Jim Hansen on January 29, 2015 at 11:02 AM

Nice John. I like the light on the bird as well as its pose. The plants in shadow behind the bird are helpful in that they help to frame the bird and make it stand out more.

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on January 29, 2015 at 11:14 AM

I like the way the bird stands out from the nicely green framed vegetation. Well done John!

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Comment posted by John Robinson on January 29, 2015 at 11:19 AM

Thanks guys.
Appreciated.
JohnR

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Comment posted by Jim Gavin on January 29, 2015 at 12:33 PM

What the others commented X 2. Beautiful. Were you able to get any shots of it throwing some dust and pebbles around?

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Comment posted by John Robinson on January 31, 2015 at 11:45 AM

Thanks again
Hi Jim No !- it realised it was on a looser and cleared off !! Only got one shot
Cheers
John

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on February 2, 2015 at 2:07 AM

John,
A remarkable shot the light shows off the wonderful colours perfectly

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