Blue (Scaled) Quail....

Posted by jrn813 on Thu Jan 22, 2004 12:53 am

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We Just Call Them "Blues"...
I Have Several Of The Birds Farther Apart... But I Like The Sense Of "A Pair" This Gives....
They And "Their" Brood, Were Enjoying The Fruits Of A Freshly Mowed & Widened Sendero

1D - 600mm f4 + 1.4X Tc @ 840mm - f5.6 - 1/200 - Iso500 - Av - Ev - -2/3ev

Blue Quail On A Blue Day....

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by Peterh on Thu Jan 22, 2004 2:30 am

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They live in TX? Nice birds.

I think your frame is a bit too busy. I like birds in habitat, but in this case the birds don't attract special attention. The bird behind is not in a very good position wrt the front. Perhaps you have a slide in which they are not merging and still close together to give the pair feeling you want.

I hope you go back and take more shots, which eventually will pay out with an excellent frame.

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by Bill Whala on Thu Jan 22, 2004 8:51 am

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What cool looking birds. I would love to see some of these in person.

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by Alan Murphy on Thu Jan 22, 2004 9:20 am

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I agree with Peter on the busy BG and the birds merging. Its one beautiful Quail.

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by Harold Stiver on Thu Jan 22, 2004 12:31 pm

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Very interesting shot, John. I haven't seen this bird for a few years but my memories of it were of a generally grey plumage. Perhaps this blue tone is a regional difference (more likely my faulty memory).

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by AlexC on Thu Jan 22, 2004 2:48 pm

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A little FF could have helped as well in spite of the busy BG!!
Congrats!!

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by E.J. Peiker on Thu Jan 22, 2004 3:30 pm