Took this in the Cairngorms, Scotland. Took me three hours to hike up to this point, from the Sky Lift car park. Cold as ****, dull and gloomy and when got to the corrie, no bird in site. After listening out, their calls gave their position away. One of those times, when I had to watch each step taken, snow in the face and loving it. Not sure about the bg shapes and ask whether worth working on to reduce shape further. (NR on bg only). Nearly ff. D300 & 500 AF-S II. 1/250 f5.6 ISO 500, monopod. CS4 and practicing on Refine Edge and Quick selection tool.
Last edited by David Fletcher; 09-30-2009 at 12:06 PM.
Fantastic bird and perch, the whites are excellent, EXP, SH great. The scenery is what makes the image.
I would tone down the big dark patch on the middle right side, it would do good to already great image IMO.
Congratulations!
Such a beautiful image this is Davidbhai , lovely settings , beautiful species with nice pose and feathery legs
I liked it very much as presented. Your efforts paid off well. VWD
TFS
Awesome shot David and well worth your efforts for sure especially when you enjoy the time and moment this is one bird we don't often see posted because of how hard it is to get. Great Work! BTW PS work looks great.;)
Hi David, I like the repost best as the subject is a little larger, I admire your stamina and wish I could hike for 3 hours :) The bg is a little eye catching and I would try and tone it down a little, having said that its a very nice capture of a elusive subject - well done :)
Ptarmigan
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