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Stepping Out (start of pheasant season for me)

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Posted by John MacTavish on March 22, 2010 at 6:18 PM
Stepping Out (start of pheasant season for me)
Spring colours to some mean daffodils and crocus's, to me they mean pheasants, kings of colour and great fun to watch.

EOS 1D2 (still my camera of choice even though it's now 2 generations behind)
400mm
f3.2
1/500th
ISO400

Posted by Justin on March 22, 2010 at 6:26 PM
A stunning pheasant shot with gorgeous colour. :toast: :cool:
Posted by Karen Summers on March 22, 2010 at 6:38 PM
beautiful colour lovely shot
Posted by Maggie Campbell on March 22, 2010 at 7:39 PM
Beautiful detail. Do the colours of pheasants change during the year? I have never seen one with these colours - or are Scottish ones more colourful :biggrin:
Posted by Andy Gregory on March 22, 2010 at 7:56 PM
Beautiful shot, brilliant colours :toast:
Posted by eric weight on March 23, 2010 at 2:47 AM
I have been working with these myself lately. They are such stunning birds. This is a cracking shot John, you've caught the light just right to bring out those iridescent colours.
Maggie - there are loads of different strains and the range of colour schemes is consequently huge; different keepers often prefer particular strains hence, they may be similar within an area, but totally different on the next estate.
:wavey: :toast: eric
Posted by Tim Taylor on March 23, 2010 at 2:59 AM
A very elegant pose and you got a much nicer BG than I managed with mine. Tail might be a tad tight on the left but it's a gorgeous shot with all that colour!

Tim :toast: :toast:
Posted by Marcus Conway on March 23, 2010 at 4:25 AM
Fantastic colours John. Agree it's a touch tight on the left, but still a beauty :toast:
Posted by Kim Connolly on March 23, 2010 at 6:03 AM
Brilliant colours and a super pose, a lovely composition. :toast:
Posted by John Chapman on March 23, 2010 at 7:35 AM
Hi John, beautiful picture and the clump of grass on the right adds to the picture. :toast:
Posted by Phil Mclean on March 23, 2010 at 9:04 AM
Looks like he should be ice skating with pose.Nice one,John.

Phil. :toast:
Posted by Heath McDonald on March 23, 2010 at 1:40 PM
Excellent photo, John, fantastic colours and a pose that looks like he knows it. Have to agree with others on the composition to the left being a little tight, other than that really works for me.

regards

Heath :smile:
Posted by Bob Cox on March 23, 2010 at 3:52 PM
That does the bird justice. Nice shot.

Bob.
Posted by Nick on March 23, 2010 at 5:46 PM
He's handsome - one of yours?

As a standalone image, yeah, space on left... but for a cover, perfect positioning and plenty of useable space.
Posted by Tom_W on March 23, 2010 at 5:47 PM
Very nice, I trust we will be seeing more (but at the right size :) )