I think this is an absolutely superb image of Black Grouse! There's lots of BG above the birds but the composition works for me. We all know how hard it is to capture action like this- even more so with the snow flying, which can fool the autofocus if you are using it. Dare I say there a probably a little bit of luck associated with capturing something like this as well! Fabulous!
I love this and the crop too. The only thing that bothers me is the o-o-f something purplish just to our left of the lower birds head... Just bad luck... Overall, well done.
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