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DanWalters
10-07-2009, 06:34 PM
Captured this Ptarmigan while hiking around Guanella Pass, Colorado. Love to catch them in between their summer and winter phase. Thanks for looking.

Canon 1D Mark2
300mm f/4 IS

f/5.6 1/1600sec
ISO 100
+1/3 comp
Randy Stout
10-07-2009, 07:49 PM
Dan:

Striking bird, with whites well handled. I love the mix of plumage.
The light angle was well off to your left and reasonably harsh too, but you did well.

In a perfect world, with that light angle, more of a turn towards you would have helped. A lower shooting angle might have been nice as well, but I suspect it was not possible.

Cheers

Randy
Paul Lagasi
10-07-2009, 08:14 PM
Dan.....I've only ever seen one, last summer...sharp, great colors, you can even see the grains in the snow..... to bad about light angle but these birds are beautiful no matter..good capture
Harshad Barve
10-07-2009, 10:04 PM
what a beautiful species this is , first time for me
TFS
Lorant Voros
10-07-2009, 10:22 PM
Impressing bird...I wish to see and photograph it myself.
Great work with the exposure. Light is less than ideal. Hope you have some more of this species....would love to see other images too.
Lance Peters
10-08-2009, 03:40 AM
Cool bird - looks like a pigeon with raptor feet :)
as mentioned the Light angle is the issue - done the best you could I suspect under the circumstances :)
TFS
ramesh anantharaman
10-08-2009, 03:45 AM
what a beautiful bird. love the snow feet
Dave Barnes
10-08-2009, 06:32 AM
Wow the coloured feathers look almost like gold, very interesting bird.
DanWalters
10-08-2009, 06:47 AM
Thanks for the comments! I went out earlier looking for them, but by the time I actually found them, the light was getting a little harsh.
Bill Sharkey
10-08-2009, 08:17 AM
Beauty shot of a great subject Dan, love the color tones :)

Bill
David Fletcher
10-08-2009, 01:20 PM
Very nice shot Dan. Not easy and lovely details. If available, due to the light angle, I wonder if the full shadow was available as there is potential for using it. Cheers.
DanWalters
10-08-2009, 03:52 PM
Thanks David. Actually, he came over this mound of snow out of nowhere, so I had to react fairly quickly. They can move quick!
Kiran Poonacha
10-09-2009, 12:34 AM
loved the expo here, nice pose and the angle too adds wells, congrats, would love to see a low angle image too, congrats...