Grouse in Grass
This is a juvenile Red Grouse I photographed in Upper Teesdale back in July but had forgotten about (probably because I was distracted by my photographs of female Black Grouse). Juveniles are very similar to adult females but do not have any red combs above the eye. Adult females have small red combs and adult males have large combs, which can pump-up really big when they are testosterone fuelled. I quite liked the shallow depth of focus and the bokeh background highlighting the grouse's head. Is anybody interested in the grasses? The short grass with the jagged seed head obscuring the grouse is Mat Grass (Nardus stricta) and the longer grasses with open seed heads are Wavy Hair-grass (Deschampsia flexuosa).
Grouse in Grass
This is a juvenile Red Grouse I photographed in Upper Teesdale back in July but had forgotten about (probably because I was distracted by my photographs of female Black Grouse). Juveniles are very similar to adult females but do not have any red combs above the eye. Adult females have small red combs and adult males have large combs, which can pump-up really big when they are testosterone fuelled. I quite liked the shallow depth of focus and the bokeh background highlighting the grouse's head. Is anybody interested in the grasses? The short grass with the jagged seed head obscuring the grouse is Mat Grass (Nardus stricta) and the longer grasses with open seed heads are Wavy Hair-grass (Deschampsia flexuosa).