Red grouse

[Jonathan Ashton]

Handheld (grabbed actually - just heard it and I span round) Canon 1DX Canon Canon 500mm f4 L IS Auto ISO 500 1/1600 sec f5.6
Ee by gum an' ecky thump 'av been up on't moors tekkin' photuz 'ut birds
All C&C welcome.

[John Robinson]

Hi Jon
Was this before or after it was shot !!!
Good grab frame indeed.
JohnR

[William Dickson]

I like the POV on this one Jon. Nice details on the bird and the BG is lovely. The bird against the BG shows motion which brings the image alive. I would have liked to see it flying towards us or looking back. Good work and thanks for sharing

Will

[keith mitchell]

Jonathan do like the dramatic BG on this,well done for catching it flying,very nice piece of work.

[Randy Stout]

Amazing background effect, very painterly, nice colors. I would not have expected such a dramatic effect of the panning on the background at that shutter speed.

Nice positioning of the bird against the lighter background elements, to help it pop.

Cheers

Randy

[Jonathan Ashton]

Amazing background effect, very painterly, nice colors. I would not have expected such a dramatic effect of the panning on the background at that shutter speed.

Nice positioning of the bird against the lighter background elements, to help it pop.

Cheers

Randy

Randy I suspect the effect will have some relevance to the distance between subject and background.

[Randy Stout]

Jon:

I am sure you are right about the relative position of subject and bg, contributing to the effect. Very cool!

Randy

[Stu Bowie]

Speak English Jon. Great flight pose of a subject we normally see on the ground. I do like the splayed primaries and what complimentary colours. Well captured for a grab shot.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Thanks for the comments everyone much appreciated.

[Steve Kaluski]

Jon, did you switch the IS setting? If this is a 'grab' shot then probably didn't have time.

Ee by gum an' ecky thump 'av been up on't moors tekkin' photuz 'ut birds

'God's country' best place, you can't beat it.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Steve I use AI Servo practically all the time only occasionally do I switch to one shot for macro.

[Steve Kaluski]

Sorry Jon, the Image Stabiliser (IS) on the lens, it has three settings.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Sorry Jon, the Image Stabiliser (IS) on the lens, it has three settings.

Nearly always on 11 and when not it would be switched off.