Willow Ptarmigan

[Doug Brown]

While visiting Denali National Park up in Alaska, I had the opportunity to photograph this Willow Ptarmigan through an open bus window from over the driver's shoulder! Although it would've been nice to have better photographic conditions, I was pleased with the result.

http://birdwhisperer.smugmug.com/photos/448349421_gdid6-O.jpg

Canon 1D Mark III, 400mm, f/5.6, 1/1600, ISO 800, no flash, hand held

[Arthur Morris]

Sharp. Raised foot. Calling. Sharp. Bus driver or not, this rocks.

[Scott Goetz]

Beautiful bird.
Great capture.

Scott

[Ramon M. Casares]

Perfect pose, lovely light and colors, great detail, comp and SUPERB BG. Big congratulations!

[Ilija Dukovski]

Great pose, nicely done.

Ilija

[Mike Milicia]

Lovely image!
Excellent job in those conditions.
Great pose, setting, detail, action, background ... all comes together very nicely.

Wouldn't mind seeing even more of that wonderful BG in front of the bird if you have it.

[Stu Bowie]

Lovely low angle shooting from a bus Doug. Pin sharp and love the raised foot. What a super OOF BG too. Great image.

[Doug Brown]

It's interesting because the angle really does look low. It's an optical illusion though, because I was photographing from well above the bird.

[John Blumenkamp]

At first I thought this was a low angle as well... lol. Great detail, and the raised foot and calling moment captured are awesome. I really like the variable background too, with the grasses and distant background. Cool stuff! :cool:

[Tony Whitehead]

Lovely pose with raised foot and open bill. If you hadn't said different I would have sworn you were lying in the gravel. Still having trouble understanding how you could see under the belly from a high angle.