White-tailed Ptarmigan

[DanWalters]

Photographed this ptarmigan while snowshoeing around St. Mary's Glacier in Colorado. Thanks for looking.

Canon 1D Mark2
300mm f/4L
f7.1 1/1000sec
ISO 100

[Terry Olmsted]

Wonderful job on handling the whites, Dan. Nicely composed portrait and beautiful detail.
Terry

[Charles Scheffold]

I like the detail on the foot and snow crystals. Whites are well controlled. Excellent, engaged head angle.

thanks
Charles

[Sid Garige]

Exceptional exposure Dan. Awesome portrait.

Would love to see full body shot if you have one.

-Sid

[DanWalters]

Thanks for the comments. Sid, I do have some full body images. Will post later.

[Steve Kaluski]

Superb exposure here Dan, look forward to seeing future posting of this bird. :cheers:

Steve

[Matthew Studebaker]

Very few photographers have good images of this difficult-to-get-to species. Well done! Wonderful detail. The crop is okay, do you have any that show the whole bird?

[Marina Scarr]

Once again, great exposure on a tough subject. The light is stunning. Although I prefer the full body image, it's nice to see this up close profile.

[DanWalters]

Thanks again. Always like getting portraits of these birds.

[Gary Hamilton]

Like the others, I have to give you big props on the exposure. Image has magazine cover written all over it with the space above for the masthead and all that white for type.