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Red Grouse

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Posted by Andy Shepherd on September 2, 2007 at 2:13 PM
Red Grouse
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 :wink:)

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... :smile:
Posted by PhilH on September 2, 2007 at 2:24 PM
Gorgeous, perhaps a shade off the left and bottom, what a super confident pose from your subject....

:toast: :wavey: :toast:
Posted by jack chapman on September 2, 2007 at 2:51 PM
beautiful shot, i love seeing wider shots wildlife, they are so refreshing after too many portraits.

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
Posted by Alan Woolnough on September 2, 2007 at 5:33 PM
Lovely shot,

Great sense of place, thanks to the inclusion of a large area of habitat.

:toast:

Alan
Posted by Justin on September 3, 2007 at 5:17 AM
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 :toast: :toast:
Posted by John Chapman on September 3, 2007 at 6:03 AM
Great shot Andrew and i like it showing the environment. :toast:
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. :toast:
Posted by Alan Bryant on September 3, 2007 at 4:40 PM
Wonderful invo shot :cool:

(agree about the crop)

:toast: :toast:
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... :smile:
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.

cheers

Sean