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Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus)

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20 replies
Posted by Des Ong on January 27, 2009 at 2:10 PM
Wow, first post of 2009, can't believe it's nearly the end of Jan. The only time I had so far was spent working on these lovely birds up in the Moors.

This particular male stood up for a brief moment while we were enjoying ourselves playing hide-n-seek... not! The low view point with the distant background blur made this shot stand out. What do you think?

Thanks for looking. :wavey:

500mm iso200 1/800sec beanbag
Posted by Colin Crowdey on January 27, 2009 at 2:20 PM
I do like this, but I'd crop quite a bit of the bottom to bring the bird lower in the frame as the OOF foreground is a little too much for me.

But that aside this is a good shot, well seen and captured

cheers

Colin
Posted by Colin Pickett on January 27, 2009 at 2:22 PM
Wow he looks like he's in a furnace, fantastic colour.

Nice one :toast:
Posted by Jeroen Stel on January 27, 2009 at 2:29 PM
Stunning!
Love the composition as it is and the colours are superb!
Well done!

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel
Posted by Craig Churchill on January 27, 2009 at 2:31 PM
Nice!!! Works for me,love this sort of shot!

Craig
www.craigchurchill.co.uk :toast:
Posted by john macpherson on January 27, 2009 at 3:00 PM
Excellent shot. Crisp and clean, and with great colour palette. Love the two oof green bits L and R which 'hold' the composition together - very subtle. Nice to have an image that gives the subject room to breathe too. Lovely as it is served currently imho!
Posted by Billy Fairburn on January 27, 2009 at 3:08 PM
I love it Des! :toast: :toast:
Posted by Danny Green on January 27, 2009 at 5:01 PM
Hello Des

Thats a cracker, beautiful light and I like your framing for this one I am now so tempted to go back and try for grouse again as I love these birds.

Danny :toast: :toast:
Posted by Nigel Blake on January 27, 2009 at 5:07 PM
Works perfectly for me, and I am sure it would work perfectly for a page designer too as it has all that space for a title and copy.
Posted by Edwin kats on January 27, 2009 at 5:29 PM
Ohhh, this is nice. Very very nice.

Edwin Kats
Posted by jack chapman on January 27, 2009 at 5:34 PM
reall like this shot, can't fault it
Posted by Ian Mason on January 27, 2009 at 5:56 PM
I like this a lot the way it is and I think it would be good too with a slightly closer crop. The colours are just great.
Posted by PhilH on January 28, 2009 at 4:16 AM
Brilliant image, perhaps a tad too warm? But that is very very minor, commercially it works very well with a number of presentation options.

:toast: :toast: :wavey: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Gary Beers on January 28, 2009 at 4:40 AM
Very nice - works for me as is
Posted by John Chapman on January 28, 2009 at 5:40 AM
Very nice. :toast:
Posted by keith mitchell on January 28, 2009 at 6:22 AM
Excellent like all that i see,

:toast: :toast: :toast: Keith.
Posted by Anthony House on January 28, 2009 at 12:10 PM
Works for me.....

Nice work.
Tony
Posted by Dawn Monrose on January 28, 2009 at 2:00 PM
Excellent, a very graphic image. Lovely colours!

:toast:
Posted by Lee Newman on January 28, 2009 at 3:36 PM
Different, but very nice. The colour in the BG is excellent & makes the bird really pop out of the image.

Lee
Posted by Ray on January 28, 2009 at 6:32 PM
For me it looks a little lost in the frame, some sympathetic cropping would solve this tho’.

The exposure and detail on the grouse looks to be spot on.
Posted by Lea Roberts on January 29, 2009 at 5:50 PM
lovely shot like it :toast:

lea