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Wood Grouse/Capercaillie

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Posted by Bertl Menegoni on May 22, 2009 at 4:22 PM
Wood Grouse/Capercaillie
The offer of a good friend to shoot a displaying wood grouse I could not resist. So we started early in the morning.
It was a wonderful experience to watch this beautiful guy.

Canon 20D; 100-400; 400iso; Tripod; Stalking,

Comments are welcome,
thanks for looking,
Greetings,
Bertl
Posted by David Kjaer on May 22, 2009 at 4:53 PM
Hi Bertl

Lovely image, great habitat and I like the way the OOF leaves are almost framing it. Minor nit I feel it is a little tight in the frame.

We call this a Capercaillie it is my favourite bird and if you were able to 'stalk' it I suspect it might be a rogue with no fear of man as this species is usually very wary and difficult to approach!

David :toast:
Posted by Bertl Menegoni on May 22, 2009 at 5:17 PM
You are right David,
but it still was a very strong experience for me, this guy was really "wild"
and it was not easy to get a decent shot.
Greetings
Bertl
Posted by Chris O'Reilly on May 22, 2009 at 5:29 PM
Bertl, congratulations on a lovely capture and as David says, nice framing of a caper in its habitat.
Good work, cheers,
Chris

Posted by Mark Davies on May 22, 2009 at 5:31 PM
Love it , the colour, the framing .An experience no doubt . :toast:
Posted by Lee Newman on May 22, 2009 at 5:51 PM
A super capture Bertl. The nice glossy colours in the bird are shown off well in this image. Nice comp & surroundings too :toast:

Lee
Posted by David Kjaer on May 22, 2009 at 6:40 PM
Hi Bertl

If you want to see what 'feisty' birds Caper are then take a look at this link http://www1.nrk.no/nett-tv/klipp/116233 I think if the Caper hadn't rolled over allowing the Eagle to use it's talons the second Caper would have survived!

David :toast:
Posted by Stephen Kaluski on May 23, 2009 at 2:50 AM
Good environment/habitat shot Bertl. Agree with David, it's a bit tight in the frame for me. :toast: :toast:

Steve
Posted by Matt Cole on May 23, 2009 at 3:21 AM
that's very nice Bertl and I also like the natural framing.

Matt
Posted by Craig Jones on May 23, 2009 at 6:22 AM
Beautiful image the light on the bird makes it for me, lovely colours/detail, very nice :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Ray on May 23, 2009 at 6:58 AM
You certainly nailed this one down, an excellent shot by any standard. Just superb.
Posted by Tom Smit on May 24, 2009 at 6:03 AM
Great capture, Bertl.
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Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on May 24, 2009 at 6:38 AM
Hi a superb image.

Phil.

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Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on May 24, 2009 at 6:39 AM
Hi a superb image.

Phil.

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Posted by jack chapman on May 24, 2009 at 8:27 AM
great image, the colours and setting are excellent
Posted by Nigel Blake on May 25, 2009 at 4:47 AM
Spot-on image, all the "yes" boxes are ticked, I really like this.
Posted by Fran French on May 26, 2009 at 8:30 AM
Very nice indeed Bert,

Fran :toast: