Greater Prairie-Chicken in my face

[Dorian Anderson]

Another on my my Colorado chicken/grouse mid-April. This guy wandered a bit closer than the other males at the lek. Glad he decided to squawk at me!

Canon 600mm f/4 IS II + 1.4x III on EOS R5
1/2500 at f/7.1, IS 1600
Processed in LR CC and Topaz. Nothing added or cloned.

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[kevin Hice]

Dorian love this . I have some but I don't think with this beautiful of a background color. You really nailed this fantastic sharpness and detail. On a personal note I like shooting chickens better than sharptails. They are more aerial and give a tell. Sharptails don't really fly as much. I also think the colors are better on chickens. TFS

[Kurt Bowman]

Awesome portrait Dorian! Love the open beak and squawking pose. Detail looks great, so does the BG and light. Nice work!

[gail bisson]

Wowsa! Great light, crop and details.
Beautiful BG as well.
I like the open squaking bill too.
Gail

[Joseph Przybyla]

Nice work, Dorian. I am enjoying this close-up. Wonderful detail and colors. Thank you for sharing.

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Dorian, a nice, tight and very colourful portrait.

A tweak of some Blend modes adjustments adds some depth to both the comb and exposed neck (?) creating a bit more depth & form. If you were side on perhaps the lower part of the beak would have been more isolated????

TFS
Steve

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Dorian ... a killer portrait with cracking sharpness and loads of pleasing details .

TFS Andreas

[William Dickson]

Very nice Dorian....pleasing to the eye....Feather detail looks great and I like the squawk.....

Will

[Dorian Anderson]

Thank you all for the kind comments. This was not a headshot I expected to capture, so I was thrilled with this result. Cheers!

[Arthur Morris]

Just who was in who's face? Ditto all the positive comments above. If you twisted my arm I would say that the lower mandible is a bit lost in the feathers of the neck. Anyhoo, I wish it were mine :)

with love, artie

[Daniel Cadieux]

This is fantastic Dorian. Even the chicken is reacting to its own portrait!