Black Grouse

[Han Bouwmeester]

Last week I made a visit to Finland with the lekking Black Grouse as main target.
I'm afraid I succeed with it :oops:
Here one of my favourites; more, much more, you can see on my website.



Nikon D700; Sigma 300-800 mm; iso 1600 (!) f6,3; 1/2000 sec.

[Randy Stout]

Han:
Excellent action, nice exposure. Great wing spread on the back bird. Feet out a plus. In a perfect world, would like to be able to see the face/eyes of the lower bird.

I think the image is just a bit too centered, and if you have some room on the left, I would add canvas.

I would prefer not to have the large black frame around the image.

Thanks for sharing. Please show us some more!

Randy

[Mark Dumbleton]

Super interaction captured. Would like to see this a little bigger and yes without the black border.

[Stu Bowie]

Exposure looks good, and great action captured here. A slight head turn on the lower one would have been great, and agree that a bit more space on the left would work.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great interaction, angle and soft light. Another vote for a wider crop and I would NR on the BG.

[Ramon M. Casares]

To be honest I didn't expect to like this shot this much! Great action, great poses, exposure, detail, colors low angle, BG and comp. Big congratulations!