Red Bullet (Grouse)

Discussion

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?

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.

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.

Steve

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

Posted by Fran French on January 20, 2010 at 4:04 PM

A real stunner Des, very nice!

Fran

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?

Posted by Ian Macdermott on January 20, 2010 at 5:18 PM

Very nice Des,

I will go for a bit off the bottom

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

Posted by eric weight on January 21, 2010 at 12:30 AM

Crafty devil, you kept this one hidden. Looks great to me.

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

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

Posted by Adam Seward on January 21, 2010 at 5:07 AM

Looks like you were fast enough here - lovely photo.

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.

Posted by Dave Bartlett on January 21, 2010 at 7:21 AM

Can't get simpler or cleaner than that! Cracker

Posted by Kim Connolly on January 21, 2010 at 12:15 PM

Superb shot!

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.

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

Posted by Paul Hobson on January 23, 2010 at 5:30 PM

lovely

Paul

www.paulhobson.co.uk