Grouse on the 12th

[christopher galeski]

This was taken on the morning of whats called the glorious 12th here in the UK,the Grouse shooting season,not glorious for the Grouse.cannon 500mm IS,L,F4,MK1,EXT1/4,700MM,5D MK111.hand held,iso1250,1/2000S,F6.3,crop,sharpened for web,touch of color balance.

[Ian Wilson]

And a glorious capture too Chris. Very evocative in its natural environment. Hope the bird kept out of harm's way. All looks good to me, well done. Regards, Ian.

[Mike Poole]

Well presented shot of a typical grouse in its environment shot. Glorious light, lets hope there's plant left for us to shoot after the season!

Mike (not Keith !!)

[John Robinson]

Nice enviro and crackingbird detail. Great background too.
John

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the HA, light, composition and the setting is beautiful. Excellent image Chris!

[gail bisson]

WOW! The light is just beautiful here.
Excellent IQ and I love the way he is framed by the grasses.
No nits from me except for the sad reason for you title,
Gail

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Chris, love the light and warm colours, and you nailed the sharpness on the Grouse. The hunting party must be lousy shots, the Grouse looks all good to me. Yep, hope he made through the day.

[Geoffrey Montagu]

When I read the title and saw the thumbnail I was thinking a nice image taken while trying to figure out the next shot on the 12th. hole out of the tall grass at a golf course somewhere in the UK. You did say hand held. Simply too beautiful in its environment and well captured, Christopher.



Geoffrey

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

I love this shot! It has all the elements of a wonderful natural history image!
Beautiful light, subject and surrounds.
Very nicely done!
TFS!

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image in habitat and beautiful lights. Very nice pose and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[adrian dancy]

Simply superb in all regards. A pity that over the last 2 days they are now being shot at:(

[keith mitchell]

Chris you don't get them much better than this,very well done.

Keith.