Ptarmigan

Captured this ptarmigan this morning on Mount Evans. The light was a little harsh, so I thought I would try to backlight the ptarmigan.
Sure I was quite the sight. Laying on the side of the road getting this low angle.

Thanks for looking.

Canon 1D Mark2
300mm f/4 IS

As long as you weren't laying IN the road.

Another sweet shot Dan. The backlight looks great IMO.

This is really a nice shot! Nice job handling the tough light.

May be the best ptarmigan image I've ever seen. Your choice of backlighting the scene was wise, and it works so very well here. The background is absolutely perfect, too.
Is the bird's feathers transitioning from winter to summer?

What great detail! Great shot.

Great image of a Ptarmigan! One of my favorite birds - I see a lot of them in Denali and never tire of getting new photos of them.

Whoa! Pthe deptail is specptacular! Great shopt, Dan!

You continue to amaze me.

Thanks a lot!

No, it's pthanks a lot.

Great detail Dan. The brown and white feather mix looks great.

Dan, glad you didn't get run over in the process.....if Jay was driving up there, you might have become road kill (sorry Jay, but had to through in a jab when you wern't looking ). ngle on this Dan and the detail is outstanding.

Great intimate detail image!

Very cool, amazing detail.