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Red Grouse

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Posted by Andy Shepherd on April 3, 2012 at 8:40 AM
Red Grouse

One from the same session as the Meadow Pipit in my last post.

1/1250th @ f8 -2/3rds iso400 ( 95% of FF )

Please view the large version.

Thanks for the feedback on my Meadow Pipit shot and thanks for looking.

There are a selection of other shots from that morning on the blog, including a Little Owl that I should have nailed, but once again my 7D let me down :mad:

Andy... :wavey:
Posted by David Sewell on April 3, 2012 at 9:08 AM
Lovely grouse shot, Andy. It does look a little on the dark side, but that could well be my uncalibrated work monitor.

David
Posted by David Taylor on April 3, 2012 at 12:07 PM
Looks fine to me, an excellent 2D portrait.
Posted by Bob Johnson on April 3, 2012 at 12:36 PM
Looks good to me. Excellent BG and the little splash of amber on the rock sets it off nicely :wink:

Surely a good late model MK3 is a better bet than the 7d which is not fit for purpose believe me I have tried two :frown:

Bob :smile:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on April 3, 2012 at 1:09 PM

Cheers guys :smile:

Hi Bob, I had my MK3 next to me on the passenger seat, I was just about to change to it when the Little Owl took flight :frown: . I doubled up on this shot and used both the 7D and the MK3.

Andy... :smile:
Posted by Nick Mckeown on April 3, 2012 at 1:45 PM
Sweet image Andy, great detail on the head. That OOF rock came in handy again for your name. :biggrin: :wink:

Nick. :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :wavey:
Posted by Barry Southon on April 3, 2012 at 2:10 PM
Andy

I really like the over the shoulder pose with this image excellent detail.
:wink:
Posted by Robert Lawrence on April 3, 2012 at 2:48 PM
Great viewpoint, perch, background and pose Andy. Perhaps a little lightening of the birds back? Lovely shot with lovely lighting on the neck/head area and a good catchlight.
I haven't been able to afford a 1 series camera since the EOS1n so cannot compare, but I have found the 7D to be an excellent performer.
Posted by keith mitchell on April 3, 2012 at 3:25 PM
Andy it looks great to me,no nits.

Keith. :smile:
Posted by Graham Goddard on April 3, 2012 at 4:00 PM
Lovely image Andy - the BG is really nice especially.

Suggestion re comp - I might have gone for slightly less canvas on the RHS and more on the LHS to accentuate the space for the bird to look into, and a little more on top if you have the canvas. Just my 2p worth of course :wavey: :toast: :toast:

edit - having looked at your blog, image 3 is the one for me Andy. Re the 7D issue, my MKIII sometimes did the same in high contrast situations. I put that down to user error, but then my MKIV hasn't missed a beat yet in similar circumstances......

Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on April 5, 2012 at 1:43 AM
Beautiful image. I really like the pose. Nice background and great detail. Well done. :smile:
Posted by Jeroen Stel on April 5, 2012 at 10:16 AM
Wow...that was the first thing that came to mind.. :wink:
Perhaps lighten up the darker parts a tad but other then that it's stunning!

greetings,

Jeroen Stel
Posted by John Robinson on April 5, 2012 at 5:51 PM
Maybe a tiny bit dark but no big deal at all.
Fine image and my favourite bird pose (look back from behind )
Cheers
JR
Posted by Rene de Heer on April 6, 2012 at 10:39 AM
Maybe a tiny bit too dark, but great pose and i love the ruffled feathers!
Rene de Heer
Posted by PhilH on April 6, 2012 at 12:12 PM
A touch dark yes, that is easy to solve but great pose with just the right head turn...

:toast: :wavey: :toast:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on April 7, 2012 at 5:06 PM

Thanks for the feedback, appreciated as always :toast:

Andy... :wavey: