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Head's up

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Posted by Stephen Kaluski on January 28, 2009 at 7:37 AM
Head's up
Found this one frantically feeding in the heather! A quick 'heads up' before continuing on scoffing :biggrin:

Steve
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Posted by Nigel Blake on January 28, 2009 at 7:49 AM
Oh very nice indeed, great placment in frame and the OOF heather BG and FG works a treat.
Posted by Greg Hitchcock on January 28, 2009 at 7:59 AM
Beautiful portrait, lovely rich colours.

Greg
Posted by David Sewell on January 28, 2009 at 8:00 AM
Very nice indeed, but personally I thing I would have positioned it a little more to the left hand side of the farme, so that it had more space to move into.

David
Posted by Billy Fairburn on January 28, 2009 at 8:39 AM
Nice shot Steve. I agree it is a little too centred for my taste but I still like it a lot!

Billy
Posted by Ben Gardner on January 28, 2009 at 11:10 AM
lovely image steve. will have to make a trip north to get some shots of them. Not sure if it is my laptop monitor but the shot feels a little cold???
Posted by Anthony House on January 28, 2009 at 12:08 PM
Good example of the birds plumage matching it's surroundings, like it...

Tony
Posted by John Chapman on January 28, 2009 at 12:19 PM
Nice one Steve. :toast:
Posted by Stephen Kaluski on January 28, 2009 at 12:57 PM
Thanks guys, on reflection a little more room would have helped, cheers. :wavey: :wavey:

Steve
Posted by Chris Johnstone on January 28, 2009 at 1:13 PM
Hey Steve,

Lovely shot, I love the reflection of what looks like a horizon in the Grouse's eye.

Chris
Posted by Dawn Monrose on January 28, 2009 at 2:09 PM
Beautiful shot!! The way the texture of the heather and the feathers match is superb, well caught!

:toast: :toast:
Posted by Jeroen Stel on January 28, 2009 at 2:30 PM
Love the colors of the heather and the sharp detail on the head.
Well done!

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel
Posted by Lee Newman on January 28, 2009 at 2:51 PM
Lots of details in the feathers. Very nice surroundings & I like the central comp.
A very good looking & colourful image.

Lee
Posted by keith mitchell on January 28, 2009 at 2:54 PM
Hi Jeroen.
I like this a lot,very nice indeed.

Keith.
Posted by Ian Mason on January 28, 2009 at 4:31 PM
Lovely shot. I agree about moving it off centre. I caught very brief glimpses of these recently but was never quick enough - you must be chuffed with this one.
Posted by Ray on January 28, 2009 at 5:50 PM
Rather central for me and perhaps a tad high in the frame, otherwise an excellent shot, exceptionally well seen and executed.
Posted by Stephen Kaluski on January 28, 2009 at 6:05 PM
Hi Jeroen.

Thanks Keith, now that is a compliment :redface: :biggrin:

Many thanks to ALL :wavey: :wavey: :wavey: :wavey:
Posted by John Robinson on January 28, 2009 at 6:22 PM
Missed this earlier - don't know why.
Good stuff. More canvas right but that's been covered.
JR
Posted by Paul Ashton on January 28, 2009 at 6:33 PM
I like this one Stephen particularly the way the patterned plumage and that of the flowers work so well together.

Very well proportioned.

Paul