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Tight Pheasant

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Posted by John MacTavish on May 11, 2010 at 3:36 PM
Tight Pheasant
Went out on Sunday to clear my head a bit. Took some shots of the dogs then turned my attention to the pheasants.
It's getting harder to find prime condition birds just now, breeding season started very early here and as a result most are now looking a bit shabby.

This fellow is still in good order, although he is losing his voice a bit when calling.

Tight portrait with things clipped everywhere, think it works though!

1D Mk4
400mm
f/6.3
1/500th
ISO1250
Usual PS, levels, resize, sharpen, etc no cropping
Posted by John Robinson on May 11, 2010 at 3:46 PM
Brilliant !
Head position spot on.
JR
Posted by Paul Rosser on May 11, 2010 at 3:47 PM
Stunning colours, and a nice comp. :toast: :toast:
Regards,
Paul. :wavey:
Posted by Andy Snape on May 11, 2010 at 3:48 PM
Works for me too!
Posted by Andy Shepherd on May 11, 2010 at 3:54 PM

And me, the pink / purple iridescent feathers on the breast look very good, comp is nailed imo as is the sharpness of the head.

Andy...
Posted by David Sewell on May 11, 2010 at 4:29 PM
Yes, works for me as well.

David
Posted by Maggie Campbell on May 11, 2010 at 5:18 PM
Definitely works John. Superb detail in the head and body and nice OOF detail on wings and tail. :toast: :toast:
Posted by Mark Davies on May 11, 2010 at 5:47 PM
A well put together piece , hangs in the frame beautifully
Posted by Austin Thomas on May 11, 2010 at 7:08 PM
Great details John, especially in the body area.

Cheers

Austin
Posted by David Kjaer on May 12, 2010 at 2:41 AM
Beautiful John - just the right amount of blur and your tight composition works for me.

David :toast: :toast:
Posted by Bertl Menegoni on May 12, 2010 at 3:46 AM
You have pressed the knob at the right moment John,
the mix of sharpness and motion blur is impressive

:toast: :toast:
Bertl
Posted by Chris O'Reilly on May 12, 2010 at 4:03 AM
Nice dynamic image John. I'd be tempted to crop even tighter at the bottom. Good stuff.
Cheers,
Chris

PS. Could do with a fox sneaking up from behind. :biggrin:
Posted by Tim Munsey on May 12, 2010 at 6:21 AM
A Scottish pheasant eh :biggrin: Marvellous image, going on.

Tim
Posted by Colin Crowdey on May 12, 2010 at 9:14 AM
superb detail in this one, really like the tight crop - excellent

cheers

Colin
Posted by Bob Cox on May 13, 2010 at 5:53 AM
Thats a real cracker !.

Bob.
Posted by Justin on May 13, 2010 at 5:18 PM
Works for me John. A real visual treat of colour and movement.
:toast: :cool: