Greater Sage-grouse on a lek

This is a low light image taken before sunrise. Just a classic portrait - the displaying and action images were taken later when there was enough light to stop the action. I have many images of these guys in better light, but I have not downloaded or reviewed them yet.

Shot from a blind, with the camera on a tripod about 15 inches above the ground.

5D classic
400 f2.8 with 1.4x tele-extender
f5.0
1/50th of a second
ISO 800
image cropped from horizontal to square format

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Oregun wrote in post #15755270
Stunning shot!

Indeed!

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Oregun, Charles, Res, "That Dude", Ian, Bluesy Dude, Andrew, & Al,
Thanks so much for your replies and kind words - they are appreciated.

Here is another image of the grouse, also taken before the sun came up. It was my step-daughter's favorite, so I thought I'd share it here.

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