Posted by Ron McCombe on December 21, 2009 at 7:56 PM
Another grouse taken on the Lammermuir Hills, Scottish Borders. We had a good fall of snow during the night, so I went up at first light to see the grouse in the snow.
Nice detail in the bird as said, but for me the subject is far too large in the frame with no real compositional element... if this is a crop then perhaps smaller in the frame and offset slightly so that the bird has room to look into, from what I can tell it is cropped closer to the front of the bird than the rear, also if possible a lower PoV would have been nice...
Posted by Phil Shaw on December 22, 2009 at 12:59 PM
I like this a lot. Nice bit of texture in the snow around the birds the feet and the rest blown out to white. I have no problem with large in the frame images, particularly since in most cases what surrounds the subject doesn't add to the overall quality of the image. I also don't understand the comment above about a lower view point; this looks to be at camera level or with the camera level slightly below the level of the bird
This is the best image that I remember you posting and one that I will remember for a long time. Nice work.
Posted by Ian Macdermott on December 22, 2009 at 6:02 PM
Nice shot Ron I like the movement in the snow
Its one of your best and the processing looks to be OK
Discussion
4 repliesIt was obviously feeling the cold
Canon 50D canon 300mm f2.8 lens, f9.5, 1/125sec ISO320
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I like the high key nature of this image, and also the great detail of the bird plumage really stands out. Great image.
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This is the best image that I remember you posting and one that I will remember for a long time. Nice work.
Its one of your best and the processing looks to be OK