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Red Bullet (Grouse)

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28 replies
Posted by Des Ong on January 20, 2010 at 3:38 PM
These guys are fast, or maybe I'm too slow. One of several attempts when it was snowing.

D300, 500mm, f6.3, 1/500s, iso400, cropped for comp.
Posted by Jeroen Stel on January 20, 2010 at 3:40 PM
Wonderful shot! Love the setting!

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel
Posted by Liam Pauling on January 20, 2010 at 3:42 PM
Lovely image, I really like the motion you have captured but maybe a bit off the bottom?

:toast:
liam
Posted by Philip Newman on January 20, 2010 at 3:49 PM
No it is not you!!! this is superb, great composition and love foreground. :toast:

Posted by Robert Lawrence on January 20, 2010 at 3:59 PM
Brilliant. They are incredibly fast.
Posted by Stephen Kaluski on January 20, 2010 at 4:00 PM
Works for me Des, with a lovely backdrop. Different. :toast:

Steve :wavey:
Posted by Karen Summers on January 20, 2010 at 4:00 PM
love this image nice and simple
Posted by Brett Lewis on January 20, 2010 at 4:02 PM
What a nice enviro/flight image.. Super comp with detail were it's needed.. Works well.

Brett :toast: :toast:
Posted by Fran French on January 20, 2010 at 4:04 PM
A real stunner Des, very nice!

Fran :toast: :toast:
Posted by Mark Davies on January 20, 2010 at 5:08 PM
Cracker Des , smart image and lovely environment ,against the grain here ...just a tadge off the top perhaps? :toast:
Posted by Ian Macdermott on January 20, 2010 at 5:18 PM
Very nice Des,

I will go for a bit off the bottom :smile:
Posted by john macpherson on January 20, 2010 at 5:21 PM
I like this one. The oof landscape is really good - this is very evocative - I've spent hundreds of hours on the hill in Scotland and the explosion of grouse and blur of colour as it shoots off is a very memorable and often heart-stopping moment, and thats been well caught here.
Posted by David Sewell on January 20, 2010 at 5:25 PM
Very well caught - both bird and environment.

David
Posted by John Robinson on January 20, 2010 at 6:01 PM
All been said.
Good stuff.
Johh R
Posted by Andy Snape on January 20, 2010 at 6:54 PM
I'd leave it just as it is Des :smile:
Posted by eric weight on January 21, 2010 at 12:30 AM
Crafty devil, you kept this one hidden. Looks great to me.
:wavey: :toast: Eric
Posted by Ron McCombe on January 21, 2010 at 2:44 AM
Great Image Des

These are very difficult to catch in flight, very well done

Ron
Posted by Mark Sisson on January 21, 2010 at 3:19 AM
Belter. Well done indeed.

Mark

:toast:
Posted by Craig Jones on January 21, 2010 at 4:43 AM
Leave it 'as sho't Des looks great,love the light blue BG,and the grouse in flight is very good :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Adam Seward on January 21, 2010 at 5:07 AM
Looks like you were fast enough here - lovely photo. :toast:
Posted by Nigel Blake on January 21, 2010 at 5:42 AM
Good motion blur and it looks cold too, lovely work!
Posted by John Chapman on January 21, 2010 at 5:50 AM
Hi, this is beautiful. :toast:
Posted by Dave Bartlett on January 21, 2010 at 7:21 AM
Can't get simpler or cleaner than that! Cracker :toast:
Posted by Kim Connolly on January 21, 2010 at 12:15 PM
Superb shot! :toast:
Posted by Guy Rogers on January 21, 2010 at 1:29 PM
Hello Des.

Cracking shot and love the snow base to the image and the bird is nicely placed in the image to make for a very nice composition.



:wavey: :wavey: :wavey:
Posted by Ian Mason on January 21, 2010 at 2:12 PM
Beautiful image! If I were to be really picky, I'd be tempted to lose the top bits of the OOF grass right in the middle (the bits running horizontally) - for some reason, they caught my eye.
Posted by Chris O'Reilly on January 21, 2010 at 7:03 PM
Great capture Des - the crop is a designer's dream; there are so many options!

Cheers,
Chris
Posted by Paul Rosser on January 22, 2010 at 12:17 PM
A cracking image Des!
Regards,
Paul Rosser :wavey:
Posted by Paul Hobson on January 23, 2010 at 5:30 PM
lovely

Paul

www.paulhobson.co.uk