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    Taken early morning over cast with pockets of mist on grouse moor,cannon500mm IS,L,F4,700MM FL,hand held,crop,sharpened,SH,levels,iso2000,F5.6,1/1000S,5D MK111.

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    Love the heather, love the bird. I hope it survives shooting season! Only issue is slight head movement. Composition, colour and BG are superb IMHO.

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    Great enviro shot Chris. If I was this bird I would shut up !!! Cracking backdrop too.
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    The best thing about this image is the great environment the bird is in. I really like the wildflowers and background. Good calling pose but would have liked a little more head turn towards us. I would also consider a little more room in front of the bird.

    TFS
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    I would prefer more room behind and below.
    The slight softness of the head is a bummer, as you
    had got a lovely calling image here.
    Love the wildflowers!
    TFS!

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    Thanks for looking and comments.

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    Hi Chris, lovely calling pose, and I like the angle of the Grouse, as it follows the line of the top of the foliage. Another vote for a touch more space below and right.

    Just a question, is this species this dark in colour. I was wondering if lightening it a touch, that it will show up the detail and colours a bit more.

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    Yes Stu it is,the male more red,it helps them blend in with the heather,I could lighten it a bit and sharpen some more,fom a short and long distance they are dark,and when I took this,it was a overcast day.thanks for looking and comments.

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    Beautiful frame however, it looks a bit over sharpened.

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    Very pleasing image with great environment. Would have liked to see a bit more room.
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    Your grouse blends beautifully Chris, difficult to make suggestions re the crop with the bankside setting you caught the bird in,like this a lot.

    Keith,

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