Frosty morning Cock Grouse

[christopher galeski]

Have not posted for a while,last few weeks here in UK weather as been rubbish,went up on moors this morning,roads a bit dogy,with ice and snow,but could not get a shot of grouse in snow,but managed this in frost,and very nice lighting.cannon 5D MK111,hand held,lens 500mm L,IS,F4,CANNON,1/4X EXT,700MM,FL.ISO1250,1/1000S,F8,CROP,SHARRPENED FOR WEB,touch of levels.

[Randy Stout]

Chris:

Rich, warm colors with great harmony between bird and bg. The tiny flowers match some of the birds colors perfectly. I like the composition as well.

Glad you got a nice result for your trip out.

Cheers

Randy

[Karl Egressy]

Wow, magical light on this one, Chris. Love the environment and the bird is beautiful.

[christopher galeski]

Thankyou Randy and Karl,for looking and nice comments.

[William Dickson]

Hi Chris. Well it all paid off for you bigstyle. Great colours throughout, lovely light and a great pose. Well done.

Will

[gail bisson]

This is wonderful Christopher.
The light is sublime and the comp and the environment are beautiful.
Gail

[christopher galeski]

Thanks William and Gail,for looking and nice comments.

[keith mitchell]

Chris rather than cold and frosty your image as got a real nice warmth to it, nice red on the grouse and the grasses make it for me, very nice work.

Keith.

[John Robinson]

Good Grouse shot Chris.
JR

[Jim Crosswell]

Beautiful image Chris! I like the light, pose, setting and composition.

[dankearl]

I love these birds in their element. Gorgeous.....
I might crop a bit of the OOF vegetation at the bottom.

[christopher galeski]

Thanks again everybody for looking and comments.