Red-legged Partridge

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Red-legged Partridge
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Copyright: Pekka Valo (pekkavalo1) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 241 W: 21 N: 861] (2657)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-05-13
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS 40D, Sigma EX 500mm f4.5 APO HSM, RAW ISO 800, Kenko Teleplus Pro 300 DG 1.4x
Exposure: f/7.1, 1/125 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2008-05-15 1:05
Viewed: 451
Points: 37
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Red-legged Partridge at Swale National Nature Reserve.

I have posted another version of the picture on workshop after some critisism relating mainly to colours, please have a look.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

The Red-legged Partridge (Alectoris rufa) is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. It is sometimes known as French Partridge, to distinguish it from the Grey or English Partridge.
This partridge breeds naturally in south western Europe, in France and Iberia. It has become naturalised in southern England, where it was introduced as a game species. It is replaced in south eastern Europe by the very similar Rock Partridge (Alectoris graeca). It is a non-migratory terrestrial species, which forms flocks outside the breeding season.
This species breeds on dry lowlands, such as farmland and open stony areas, laying its eggs in a ground nest.
It is a rotund bird, with a light brown back, grey breast and buff belly. The face is white with a black gorget. It has rufous-streaked flanks and red legs. When disturbed, it prefers to run rather than fly, but if necessary it flies a short distance on rounded wings.
This is a seed-eating species, but the young in particular take insects as an essential protein supply.
The call is a three-syllabled ka-chu-chu.
Adult Red-legged Partridges are sandy-brown above, pinkish-buff on the belly, and pale grey on the breast, with a prominent gorget of black streaking, bold rufous and black flank-bars, a cream throat, pink legs, and a red bill and eyering.
The crown and upper nape of adult Red-legged Partridge are a warm pinkish-brown; the forecrown and lateral edges of the crown are pale blue-grey, and the bird has a narrow offwhite supercilium running from above the lores to the sides of the lower nape. The lores have a solid bar of black feathering above a patch of pinkish-red skin. This black colouration continues behind the eye, where it broadens, and then extends down around the throat-patch to meet the upper edge of the gorget. There is a patch of pale buff-brown feathering on the ear-coverts, adjoining the black. The eye is surrounded by a bright red eye-ring.
The chin and upper throat are creamy-white, and are bordered behind and below by a solid black gorget. The black colour continues down onto the lower throat as a patch of broad triangular black streaks on a pale sandy-grey background. Similar, but narrower, black streaks are present on a pale blue-grey background on the upper neck-sides, while the lower neck-sides are warm pinkish-brown. The breast is pale blue-grey, and the belly pinkish-buff. The flanks are marked with bold bright rufous-brown bars, typically between eight and ten; each bar has a narrow black leading edge, the background colour is offwhite in front of each bar, and pale grey behind.
The upperparts are plain, unmarked dark sandy-grey. The uppertail-coverts are similar in colour, and contrast with the pinkish-rufous tail-feathers. The bill is bright red, the iris is medium brown, and the legs are pinkish-red.
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  • inked Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 125 W: 0 N: 214] (634)
  • [2008-05-15 2:05]

hi pekka,
awesome shot.. fantastic focus on the face.. i really like the lighting about it too. nice detail and color. good pose and pov. well done and tfs
Gethin

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  • eng55 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 339 W: 3 N: 371] (1095)
  • [2008-05-15 2:07]

Hi Pekka,
Very nice capture.Similar colors between BG and bird seem wonderful.I liked POV,eye contact and pose of bird also very much.
Thanks for posting.

Incredible colour seen on this Red-legged Partridge Pekka. I've never seen one of these, so thanks for the introduction. Your exposure and depth of field are very good, I like the sharp detail seen on this guy. The pose is good, but I would crop about half an inch from the top and the left side to take the bird just a bit off centre.

Thanks, John

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  • PaulH Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 981 W: 17 N: 2563] (9450)
  • [2008-05-15 5:04]

Hi Pekka,
great shot, very rich colours and great detail, DOF is very good. I agree with John, maybe a slight crop to make it a bit more off centre but just a minor thing, it's a fine photo!
tfs
Paul

Hello Pekka, Beautiful bird.
Nice detail & DOF that has blurred your BG well, and isolated the bird in the frame. The color looks just a bit over-saturated on my monitor, and there are some OE areas.
The mostly centered comp works well, I might've taken a bit off the top is all.
TFS!
Howard

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1675 W: 8 N: 4022] (13255)
  • [2008-05-15 9:53]

Hi Pekka,

You keep coming up with these birds I have never seen before! I love the frontal view on this one. It shows off that wonderful face so well. The red eye, red beak, and red legs make him into quite a fashion plate. Nice colors and details of the face, plummage and feet.

Jane

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  • mariki Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 841 W: 67 N: 1555] (6903)
  • [2008-05-15 10:06]

Hello Pekka,

Excellent sharp shot of this partridge. The colours are amazing.
Cheers,
Mariki

Hi Pekka,
A wonderful sharp image and a great moment captured. But the red hue in this photo is too pwerfull. You really need to adjust the colors to make it more real.
TFS,
Niek

Hello pekka,

What a nice picture, razor sharp and lots of details.
Well done.

Gert

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  • joey Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1555 W: 233 N: 5091] (17959)
  • [2008-05-15 13:18]

Wow! You do get around!
You've photographed just about every single bird I've dreamt of getting! I saw a Red-Legged Partridge once on a stone wall and I got within 1 metre of it, the light was perfect, the BG is great but alas, I had no camera! :-(
This is a really excellent shot!
The composition is brilliant and the low-down POV is very effective.
Razor-sharp with immense detail.
Excellent DOF and BG.
There is a slight red colour-cast though the photo you've posted in the WS has fixed that completely.

VERY well done, Pekka!

Cheers!

Joe

Pekka,

The colors in your picture are amazing. The background colors and the bird's plumage make for a very interesting combination. The detail, sharpness, pose and composition are all top notch. Excellent work Pekka, TFS.

Best Regards,

Martin

Hello Pekka
I saw only A. chukar from Partridges. I have not seen this species in nature. But they are very similar each other. Your capture great with excellent focus and splendid colors. Thanks for sharing this great work. best wishes
Ahmet

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  • darwin Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 249 W: 0 N: 447] (1688)
  • [2008-05-15 17:00]

Hi Pekka
Great capture with good sharpness and fine detail
Workshop image has much more natural looking color
tfs jon

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  • Adanac Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1029 W: 1 N: 3939] (13258)
  • [2008-05-15 20:55]

Hello Pekka,
Sharp focus, vivid colors and what lovely plumage patterns.
Thanks for sharing.
Rick

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  • pvs Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1133 W: 259 N: 2406] (10803)
  • [2008-05-16 0:25]

Hi Pekka,

A nice capture of a lovely looking bird,I must say I like nieks ws as well,well done and tfs this not that often seen bird on TN

Paul

Hi Pekka, splendid bird with fantastic colors, very well done, ciao Silvio

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  • gannu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 729 W: 4 N: 1811] (8608)
  • [2008-05-16 6:48]

Hello Pekka, Excellent composition and superb lighting. I am impressed with the sharpness. Ganesh

Good shot.

hello Pekka

superb close shot of the Red-legged Partridge, i love much more
the colours of the workshops because in this image
there is a dominance of the red tones, TFS

Asbed

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