The glorious 12th!

Well it's the 'Glorious 12th', the day when the shooting season starts and what these wee birds were breed for, along with others like Pheasant.

A very 'pedestrian' POV and sadly it would have been nice if it was set in a sea of purple heather, but sadly the heather was out last week, but not the Grouse, all probably hunkering down before todays big push.

Thanks to those who posted or viewed on the last posting.

I'm now heading off to another remote part of the world, a bit colder than current temperatures, so apologies in not responding if anyone is kind enough to leave a comment, back in the early part of September - hopefully.

Steve

Subject: Grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica)
Location: UK
Camera: Canon 5D MKIV
Lens: 500f/4MKII plus 1.4x MKIII HH
Exposure: 1/1600s at f/7.1 ISO2000
Original format: Landscape, slight crop on LHS and from the top
Processed via: LRCC Classic & PSCC2019

I love these birds and the environment they live in.
Good solid image,
Gail

Love the orange eyebrows; they look great against a sea of browns.

cool headshot in habitat. the eyebrows are very cool!

TFS

Nice how the bird is just popping up over the vegetation. The earth tones are nice. Details are great.

Excellent Image. Love the color palette. This seems like back light, love the red patch and light.

TFS