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Red Grouse

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Posted by Craig Jones on February 20, 2009 at 6:27 AM
Red Grouse
Abit better than my last 'soft' dipper shot i hope. These birds are beautiful up close but they are impossible to 'stalk' i got lucky here and i feel i was well rewarded by being able to take this photo :smile: :wink:
All comments+suggestions are welcome, and thanks for looking :wavey: :wavey:

P+P in bibble/CS3,full-frame

Tech;
D300,F4/600vr
F5.6,1/160
iso400,+0.3ev

Craig Jones
Staffordshire :wavey:
Posted by Matt Cole on February 20, 2009 at 7:22 AM
a great shot. I'd maybe lose a tiny bit off the top but that's a very minor nit!

Matt
Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on February 20, 2009 at 8:35 AM
Hi Craig a very nice image was it taken locally that is in Staffordshire.

Phil.

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Posted by David Sewell on February 20, 2009 at 9:53 AM
Like Matt, I feel that you could crop a bit off the top, but other than that a shot I would be proud to have taken.

David
Posted by Magnus Hird on February 20, 2009 at 11:18 AM
Very nice craig, I'd also be very happy with this. Maybe cropping off the bluer bits of sky to simplify the palette? :smile:
Posted by Tom Smit on February 20, 2009 at 1:15 PM
Magnus was very impressed by your picture (4 times). :biggrin: Edited down now :biggrin: Nick
It is a great shot. Cropping is said be-fo(u)r(-e/times).
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Posted by Richard Peters on February 20, 2009 at 3:11 PM
Nice colours, I can see the point about cropping a tad from the top (talk about trying to get your point across Magnus :biggrin: :wink: ) although it still works well and would make a great front cover image!
Posted by Craig Jones on February 20, 2009 at 6:20 PM
Thanks for your comments,and i agree, i have others to post and will learn from this photo,many thanks.

Best Wishes
Craig Jones
Staffordshire
Posted by cedric jones on February 21, 2009 at 10:47 AM
Excellent image.
Posted by john macpherson on February 21, 2009 at 1:27 PM
Nice image. The comments above about the "front cover image" potential are really important. The shot as is might get slight criticism for the light band of sky at top, purely from an aesthetic/artistic/photographers POV, but from a picture editor's or designers POV this is a really usable image as it is, as it has space for text, and a title at top without encroaching on the 'feel' of the subject/composition. (Although they'd probably flip it to face the opening page). Creative empty space in an image is rarely wasted! Nice grouse!
Posted by Nigel Blake on February 22, 2009 at 4:35 AM
Works for just as it is, very nice indeed.
Posted by Magnus Hird on February 22, 2009 at 2:40 PM
Doh, apols for the excess comments! Was posting from a mobile and kept losing connection! :smile:
Posted by Mark Davies on March 4, 2009 at 8:35 AM
Loved it elsewhere but so much better with more pixels in it.cracker