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Grey partridge

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Posted by Mark Green on March 10, 2010 at 1:05 PM
Grey partridge
Had my first opportunity to photography this lovely birds this morning. The male bird chased this female (well i think its a female) up and down the hedge for 30 mins. it was interested to watch the behaviour. light was pretty poor this morning too.

C&C Welcome as always.

7D
500F4
ISO400
F5


Mark.G
Posted by Graham Goddard on March 10, 2010 at 2:52 PM
A beautiful bird - perhaps a tad tight and central in the frame for me :wavey:
Posted by Mark Davies on March 10, 2010 at 3:02 PM
Nice shot sir . Agree with Graham , portrait with some virtual feet would have made for a more pleasing result . Fair play on getting so close , mine are as skittish as hell.
Posted by Cliff Young on March 10, 2010 at 3:57 PM
Nits covered - wonderful colours and detail in the plumage. Good capture. :smile:
Posted by David Sewell on March 10, 2010 at 5:18 PM
One of my bogey birds, so I am really envious of this. Nits covered, but still a shot I would dearly love to have taken.

David
Posted by Ian Macdermott on March 10, 2010 at 5:56 PM
Very nice Mark sharp with loads of detail

nits covered and it looks a bit bright on my screen :smile:
Posted by Brett Lewis on March 10, 2010 at 7:17 PM
I agree with Ian, the shot needs some levels adjustment as it is very bright on my screen too..

Brett :toast:
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on March 11, 2010 at 1:18 AM
Nits covered, but otherwise a nice and detailed image.
Posted by Andy Shepherd on March 11, 2010 at 3:30 AM

Crop and composition aside, it's a cracking shot Mark.

Andy...
Posted by Matt Cole on March 11, 2010 at 3:38 AM
I agree a bit more space would help but very nice otherwise.

Matt :toast:
Posted by Mark Green on March 11, 2010 at 4:04 AM
Thanks for the comments. I am having monitor issues at the moment at home,, Erics going to pop over and help me get it all calibrated. This pic is virtually full frame with only a slight crop of the left to stop the bird being quite so central. i couldnt get the feet in he was so Close :biggrin:

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Mark.G
Posted by John Chapman on March 11, 2010 at 5:12 AM
Hi Mark, great capture and the nits have been covered. :toast:
Posted by David Taylor on March 11, 2010 at 1:02 PM
Excellent portrait shot. BIF suits me fine.

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Posted by Justin on March 11, 2010 at 1:04 PM
Good one Mark. What a stunning bird, really deserves to be seen up close, as shown here. :cool:
Posted by Paul Hobson on March 12, 2010 at 5:43 PM
tadge big in the frame but excellent

Paul
Posted by Bob Cox on March 13, 2010 at 2:59 PM
Thats nice , I like them big in the frame,you can see what your looking at !. I like the pose as well , thats how they look just before they run.

Bob.