Willow Ptarmigan chick

[Tim Rucci]

Here's a ptarmigan chick I photographed about a month ago in Denali National Park, Alaska. I was watching an adult male and female with about 15 chicks and I tried for quite a while to get an isolated shot of one of the chicks. Getting a clean background with such a small subject was difficult but I think this was my best effort. The image is cropped (about 80% of the original frame).

Mk2N
100-400L IS @400mm
1/1000 at f5.6
Natural light

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

This is great Tim. Love the pose, the diagonal FG and the BG. The only thing I'd do is more NR on the BG. Great eye contact! :)

[Ben Egbert]

Beautiful shot. Well exposed, sharp, great composition and background. The OOF stuff in the lower right corner is just slightly distracting. No idea what you could have done different however. I would be proud of this shot.

[Arthur Morris]

SH, good EXP. I'd have pointed the lens up about an inch....

[Joerg Rockenberger]

Agree with Arthur. That would have taken care of the OOF in the LRC. A bit torn re the head angle. I think I'd prefer if the chick was looking at you straight centered or slightly more away from you such that only one eye is visible.

Great sharpness & colors. JR

[Harshad Barve]

lovely expo, good HA , nice BG
loving it
TFS

[Kiran Poonacha]

Great image Tim, the pose and the mood looks just right here.. I somehow feel you should rework the crop.. still a lovely image.. congrats..

[Subharghya]

Very Cute Chick and I too would have loved some space on top and although this one is looking very cute from a head-on angle, I would have loved a side profile ...