Cock Pheasant

[John Robinson]

Pheasant
One that missed the lead poisoning !!
Nikon D 200
Sigma 50-500mm
Tripod /Hide.
800 ISO
125th @f9
70% crop from full frame
PP in Paint Shop Pro
Levels
Neat Image
CZM for high pass sharpening.
Cheers
Thanks for comments on last pic
JohnR
Not too keen on the monotone bg

[Roy Priest]

John, dazzling portrait. The detail in the reds are outstanding. Nice background as well

[William Dickson]

Very nice John, just love those colours. not like you to give a BG like this :) Great details. Thanks for sharing

[John Robinson]

Thanks both
Like I said Will- not keen on it !!
John

[Satish Ranadive]

Spectacular portrait of handsome and colorful bird. Superb details and very nice composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[arash_hazeghi]

nice head shot John, I like the BG too. I might leave a bit more room around him, especially on the top, as posted it's a bit over saturated and can use a bit more sharpening too. nice frame

TFS

[Ivan Ellison]

Super portrait of one of the best looking birds in UK. Love the details in the swollen wattles.

[John Robinson]

Thanks.
Arash- they are pretty !!
JohnR

[Robert Kimbrell]

A beautiful portrait John, What an amazing looking bird, you captured his textures well. Hate to tell you but I like the background, Yet it does show more noise than I would like to see. I thought you were shooting a D 7000 a while back?

[John Robinson]

Robert
Yes I have the D7100 and the D7000, but sometimes use the D200 I like the feel of it.
This was taken a while back anyway. Cheers
John

[D. Robert Franz]

What color on this fine portrait!