Sage Grouse II

[Glenn Conlan]

Another shot from my Wyoming trip to a Greater Sage Grouse Lek. Shot from car window at sunrise. D5 600mm with 1.4tc, ISO 1600, F5.6, 1/1600sec. Thanks always for your comments

[John Mack]

I like the earth tones of this image, especially the background. The bottom part of the bird looks sharper than the upper. What a display though.

[Tim Foltz]

Glenn, really nice my friend, love the pose, BG and sharpness, exposure looks good too.

-Tim

[arash_hazeghi]

pretty cool Glenn, great pose and exposure, looks like you sharpened the whole frame the FG looks a bit harsh, i'd mask the BG and sharpen the bird only

TFS

[Isaac Grant]

Sweet pose and light contrast looks much better on this one to me. Agree with Arash. I would sharpen bird only and apply NR to background as well.

[Glenn Conlan]

pretty cool Glenn, great pose and exposure, looks like you sharpened the whole frame the FG looks a bit harsh, i'd mask the BG and sharpen the bird only

TFS

Thanks for the comment Arash, sharpening was only done on the bird. I used the dehaze filter on the entire image, maybe thats what you are noticing in the FG?

[arash_hazeghi]

yeah I would avoid using these filters, at the end of the day there are just different flavors of sharpening

[annmpacheco]

Wow, what a poser. I agree, i think the dehaze gotcha! Super frame...

[Jonathan Ashton]

A fine image what an impressive bird, love the colours, now it's been mentioned, I would recommend sparing use of dehaze e.g. distant mountains etc.

[Ian McLachlan]

This is spectacular Glenn. Very interesting to see this bird in full display.Well done

[gail bisson]

What a wondefrul image.
I love your crop, the POV, the color palette and the IQ. Issues above noted but not a huge deal and an easy fix.
I am impressed that you got the entire bird within DOF at 5.6.
Great image,
Gail

[David Salem]

What a great looking display and I love the curled feathers around the head. Nice colors and details too. Well done