Hey my Photographer friends,

I thought I would share with you a set-up I did while I was up in the Pacific North West on Vancouver Island this November.

While shooting in a freinds backyard, he had multiple California Quail coming to seed that was scatterd around on the ground.

My friend had set this mossy rock in place in hopes of getting a Quail on top of it. I wanted to dress the rock up a bit with local vegatation, so I added some ferns and wild grasses. Placing some of the ferns futher back gave the image some dept. I also wanted a different set-up and style for the Male of the species. For that I made sure I added a lot of fall colored leaves on the grass in the background. To compliment that I found some fall colored branches that I placed around the rock. I made a few checks through the viewfinder to make sure everything was in place before I worked on getting the Quail on top of the rock.

I think showing you both images next to each other will give you a sense of how creative you can get with dressing up the same perch, which in this case is a mossy rock.

If you want to know how I got the Quail up on the Rock….then you will have to get my new eBook that just came out

California Quail. Victoria, BC, Nov 2009

Nikon D3, 600MM VR lens, ISO 1250, f4, 1/160, fill @ -2.3, dark skies and rain.

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