Wild Turkey

[Doug Herr]

This is from last Sunday morning along the American River in Sacramento County California:



Camera: Leica R8 with DMR digital back
Lens: Leica 280mm f/4 APO-Telyt-R
Support: shoulder stock & monopod
Exposure: IIRC, about 1/250 sec @ f/5.6, ISO 400
Light: Overcast
Other: knee pads

All comments welcome.

[Danny J Brown]

Doug - A gorgeous and unique wild turkey image in velvet lighting. I like the natural background as well. This is just an overall feel-good shot, especially for a Missouri boy who's been watching turkeys for many a year. Got the little noodle sticking up as well - cool.

[Rod Warnock]

Great image, Doug !! Pose superb as is perch and supportive BG. Wonder if a crop from top to roughly 1/3 down towards birds head from top would increase the impact even further??
Thanks for showing
Best regards
Rod Warnock

[Harshad Barve]

If mine I may crop little from top , rest is spot on
TFS

[Kiran Poonacha]

Superb one, Nice look back pose, details, colours and compo, congrats..

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

If anything a bit more space below for me, just tight as is for my taste. Regardless of that, a nice pose and complementary BG. All good in the end. :)

[Joel Eade]

Gorgeous, everything done well. Agree with trying a slight crop from the top.

[Steve Maxson]

A great pose and good detail in the bird, Doug. My only comment is that the OOF branch in the LRC tends to draw my eye away from the bird. It would be an easy fix to make it less noticeable. Well done.

[RichardCurtin]

Beautiful image - detail, color, contrast, angle. Slightly stressed facial expression but guess that goes along with the season...