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Posted by Andy Shepherd on September 2, 2007 at 2:13 PM
Hi to all,
Red Grouse , photographed this morning , I've been asked not to reveal the location as this is a totally wild rogue bird.
A very big thankyou to John for the opportunity to photograph this bird and for the use of his 28-135 , cheers mate.
Also thanks to Glyn for driving us all the way there (and not buying me cuppa )
A fine shot of the bird in a wonderful setting. If the detail is there in the original raw file it may be worth trying to get a little detail in the sky if that's possible. Failing that a thin black outline would work well to seperate the image from the pale background.
Posted by Paul Gibbs on September 3, 2007 at 5:18 AM
Very nice, i agree with justin about the sky, but WOW that must be one friendly bird to allow you to get so close!
Posted by David Kjaer on September 3, 2007 at 6:01 AM
Hi Andy
Cracking image in a great setting, maybe just a little too central!
David
Posted by John Chapman on September 3, 2007 at 6:03 AM
Great shot Andrew and i like it showing the environment.
John
Aberdeen
Posted by Helge Sorensen on September 3, 2007 at 8:33 AM
Wonderful shot, Andrew - with some great colors. Only nit is it being a bit centralized.
Posted by Alan Bryant on September 3, 2007 at 4:40 PM
Wonderful invo shot
(agree about the crop)
Posted by Andy Shepherd on September 3, 2007 at 6:11 PM
Hi to all,
Thanks for the comments and advice.
Kind regards to all
Andy...
Posted by Sean Bolton on September 3, 2007 at 6:16 PM
Hi Andy
Lovely shot. Would prefer the bird slightly off centre and ideally without the white sky as a background, prefer the heather/moorland background.
Otherwise nice work. Not often you get to use a 28-135 for bird photography.
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11 repliesRed Grouse , photographed this morning , I've been asked not to reveal the location as this is a totally wild rogue bird.
A very big thankyou to John for the opportunity to photograph this bird and for the use of his 28-135 , cheers mate.
Also thanks to Glyn for driving us all the way there (and not buying me cuppa
Levels , Usm(100,1.0,2 x2) , Contrast , S/h , Cropped.
Canon 350D , 28-135IS , hand held.
1/200th @ F9 iso400 jpeg
All comments welcome
Kind regards
Andy...
the bird is maybe a bit central in the frame but that is entirely subjective.
also i wouldn't take anything off the left side though because of the sharp heather there
Great sense of place, thanks to the inclusion of a large area of habitat.
Alan
Cracking image in a great setting, maybe just a little too central!
David
John
Aberdeen
(agree about the crop)
Thanks for the comments and advice.
Kind regards to all
Andy...
Lovely shot. Would prefer the bird slightly off centre and ideally without the white sky as a background, prefer the heather/moorland background.
Otherwise nice work. Not often you get to use a 28-135 for bird photography.
cheers
Sean