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Male Pheasant Displaying.

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Posted by John Chapman on April 6, 2010 at 4:29 AM
Male Pheasant Displaying.
Pic. taken a few days ago not far from Aberdeen. Canon 1D MK2n 500 mm lens 1/320 sec. F 5.6 Iso 400 Full frame and I cloned out a couple of highlight spots on the young birch tree behind the bird. All comments welcomed.
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on April 6, 2010 at 4:38 AM
I liket this one a lot. Beautiful setting, nicely composed and great action. Well done. :smile:
Posted by Stephen Kaluski on April 6, 2010 at 5:25 AM
Well scene & caught John, the blurring feathers makes this one. :smile:

Steve :wavey:
Posted by Marcus Conway on April 6, 2010 at 7:05 AM
Love the lighting and colours, and as Steve says the wing blur is the icing on the cake :toast:
Posted by Phil Mclean on April 6, 2010 at 8:16 AM
Nicely composed,good background colours and perfect shutter speed to get your sharp head but blurred wings.Very good,John.

Phil. :toast: :toast:
Posted by Kim Connolly on April 6, 2010 at 9:02 AM
Superb. :toast:
Posted by David Taylor on April 6, 2010 at 11:05 AM
Excellent technique to produce a fine image. Well done.

:toast: :toast: :jump:
Posted by Robert Lawrence on April 6, 2010 at 12:08 PM
Love it John. The angle of the bird really shows the force with which they display. Composition, setting, colours and wing movement all combine to make a great picture.
Posted by Anthony House on April 6, 2010 at 12:54 PM
Top shot.....
Posted by Dave Bartlett on April 6, 2010 at 1:26 PM
A lovely setting and the comp and wing blur are spot on :toast:
Posted by Brett Lewis on April 6, 2010 at 1:39 PM
Very well captured but to me it looks a little over sharpened but everything else comes together nicely

Brett :toast:
Posted by Karen Summers on April 6, 2010 at 3:56 PM
a cracking shot lovely colours and well caught for the action
Posted by John MacTavish on April 6, 2010 at 4:29 PM
Works for me John.
Like the quirky location he's decided to call from.
:toast: :toast:
Posted by Maggie Campbell on April 6, 2010 at 4:32 PM
Well caught John. Like the mossy covered stone wall and the BG colouring suits the bird just fine. :wavey:
Posted by Barry Southon on April 6, 2010 at 5:36 PM
John

Superb colour and enhanced still further by the wing blur.
:wink:
Posted by Ian Macdermott on April 6, 2010 at 6:00 PM
Ticks all the right boxes John

well caught :toast:
Posted by Chris O'Reilly on April 6, 2010 at 7:27 PM
Cracking. The wing blur is spot on and the effort conveyed is great. I like the inclusion of habitat too.

Cheers,
Chris
Posted by Philip Newman on April 7, 2010 at 7:42 AM
Hi John, lovely blurry Pheasant. :toast:

Phil
Posted by Guy Rogers on April 7, 2010 at 4:50 PM
Hello Johh.

Love the Pheasant and the blured wings are great. The setting and composition also make this a very pleaseing image to look at.

:wavey: :wavey: :wavey: