Pheasant Fight part 2 + repost

Glad you enjoyed my previous upload, so I thought I would post another.

The only thing I regret is the lack of eye contact between the two of them, but hey ho.

40D, 300mm + 1.4 t/c, ISO 500,f6.3, 1/500th

Fran

Thats a cracking bit of action Fran. Looks pin sharp here and I'd love to see a large version of this. Great shot.
Robert.

I've been looking at this again Fran and I think if it were mine I might even try an extra copy cropped in a fairly tight vertical format. It wouldn't have any 'spare' space and it may not work but I'd be sorely tempted to give it a bash. Just a thought.
Robert.

Thanks Robert, I was deliberating over a square crop too, but felt the BIF needed space to fly into. I am no expert, but feel, after playing that the above was better compositionally. Will see what others think too. Appreciate your input and may do a repost as soon as I am able.

Fran

I think I prefer this one to the last one, Fran. The vertical format idea seems wirth a go to me.

David

I have tried the vertical format as kindly suggested by Robert, but still felt uncomfortable about the lack of space in front of the bird. So I have cropped it heavier into a square format (sorry Robert) and hopefully not overdone it and lost too much detail. It does look a lot more dramatic methinks

As always your views and advice are always welcome.

Fran

I like them both very much but do prefer the first one as a composition, although I agree the second is more dramatic.

Good stuff !
Prefer second for effect
JohnR

Great action shot, prefer the second one as well!

Second one for me as well. BIF - great!!

First one for me Fran, nice bit of action.

Andy...

I like them both Fran. The squarer format does work better than a narrower crop (it pays to experiment). So now you have two good and yet different images from the one frame. Job done !
Cheers
Robert.

Thanks all, and especially Robert for your help.

Fran

I like the second one but agree with the comments about space.

Ian