Booming Lesser Prairie-chicken

[Trey Barron]

Another from the prairie-chicken lek.
Canon 1dIV and 500mm+1.4x, f8, ISO 800, 1/500sec and removed distracting spot above the back.

[Randy Stout]

Trey:

A very colorful fellow, nice shooting angle, strong sense of the environment without being overpowering.

It appears a bit bright too me, so I ran a luminosity layer at 35% Multiply blend mode. You obviously were there, but it seemed to present a little better with this change.

Cheers

Randy

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Hi Trey,

I like the low shooting angle, the detail and the vibrant reds and yellows. I like Randy's repost a bit better, but I'm always at fault for having an image that's a touch too bright. I never notice it until after I see a darker version.

Miguel

[arash_hazeghi]

Randy's repost is excellent! love the pose and the enviroment, sweet light too. well done

[Trey Barron]

Thanks! The repost, while a small change, helped alot. Thanks Randy.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the low angle, sharpness, pose, colours, setting and composition. I like Randy's repost. Very well done Trey!

[Arthur Morris]

Like the repost and everything else but the too tall scraggly grasses in front of the bird.

[Sachin Saraf]

What a fantastic image! Love the calling pose, colors and habitat...Randy's re post looks great...TFS

[Tim King]

Well photographed, Trey. Fine job.,

[PhilCook]

Crazy looking bird, like it a lot.

Repost has improved slightly and like the natural habitat composition...no doubt exactly where one would expect to find a Prairie Chicken