Hey - look who showed up ! Good to see you posting again. Terrific image - perfect detail, pose and environment.
Not the tiniest nit from me.
I hope you enjoyed your US visit!
Excellent job on this, Glenn. The snow really helped here. My only encounter with these was on a gloomy spring equinox and the iso’s required on that old 7D2 made for some really interesting processing challenges back then, though I’ve reprocessed some of them with modern software and they’re much better. The reflected light from the snow really makes this image glow.
wow, what a creature! I like the crispness of the feathers and especially that tail. Excellent low vantage point for maximum engagement. The snow looks good and makes for a nice isolating stage for his display. The bits of grass poking up echo the tail feathers and I like that link. The shadows look a tad too lifted to me given the conditions, but that’s all that looks out of place in such an excellent portrait.
