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Winter ptarmigan

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Posted by Peter Cairns on March 5, 2009 at 6:16 AM
Winter ptarmigan
One from a superb day of weather in the Grampians yesterday - very rare! An obliging group of 5 hens sat for a hour enabling a low approach to put one of them against the vivid blue sky - with a bit of mush (of which I'm a big fan) thrown in!

Canon 1dMII, 500mm, ISO 200.

Peter Cairns
www.northshots.com
Posted by Robert Lawrence on March 5, 2009 at 7:27 AM
Are you certain this is Scotland Peter? I've never seen a blue sky when I've been there !!
Very nice image indeed and I don't mind a bit of mush.

Robert
Posted by Mark Hamblin on March 5, 2009 at 7:58 AM
It's a cock! But that apart it's not bad. Too much mush for me though!
Posted by Arron Barnes on March 5, 2009 at 7:58 AM
Absolutely lovely, great shot Pete. I really need to get myself up there more often!!

Arron
Posted by Tom_W on March 5, 2009 at 8:18 AM
Very nice and I love the use of the larger 'blue' to denote space.
Posted by Craig Churchill on March 5, 2009 at 8:26 AM
Superbly framed!!!!!!

Nice mush!

Craig
www.craigchurchill.co.uk :toast:
Posted by Ben Gardner on March 5, 2009 at 8:27 AM
Very nice, particularly like the mush:)
Posted by Paul Gibbs on March 5, 2009 at 8:31 AM
Very nice Peter, i like the "mist"
Posted by Dave Courtenay on March 5, 2009 at 10:28 AM
I like some mush but here its a little high up the bird for me-striking image with fantastic colours

Dave
Posted by Edwin kats on March 5, 2009 at 12:57 PM
I really really like this. Incredible image but I think the head it's a bit over sharpened.

But still a very beautiful image. You thought this one out very nicely.

Edwin Kats
Posted by keith mitchell on March 5, 2009 at 3:19 PM
A really beautiful image,excellent.
:toast: :toast: :toast:
Keith.
Posted by Ian Haskell on March 5, 2009 at 4:35 PM
I like it - you have to try different perspectives and swim against the tide a bit otherwise you get the same old shot that everyone else has (I haven't got one of these yet but will have at some point). Did you take any portrait shots during the sequence with the blue sky? :biggrin:

Ian
Posted by Craig Jones on March 5, 2009 at 6:43 PM
10/10! :biggrin: wow peter!, top pro :smile:

All The Best

Craig Jones
Staffordshire :wavey:
Posted by Brett Lewis on March 5, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Great work Peter.. This kind of image works for me every time..!

Brett :toast: :wavey: :toast:
Posted by Mark Sisson on March 6, 2009 at 7:44 AM
Thought the sun had given up on your part of the world recently!!

Nice, and the blue sky makes it.

:toast:

Mark
Posted by Bob Cox on March 6, 2009 at 11:04 AM
Very different , very nice .

Bob.
Posted by Magnus Hird on March 6, 2009 at 2:41 PM
Fantastic shot, great space and colours and the mush is just right too :smile: