Hey, baby need a ride? - Sage Grouse attracting female - animation

Rohirrim

Not sure how well this will work. This is an animation of a Male Sage Grouse doing the "plop" sound that they use to attract females. You should be able to see the large sacs (cervical apteria) that are esophageal pouches. Unfortunatley I wasn't able to record the sound, but you will hopefully be able to get an idea of part of the display ritual. This is a layered gif file. If the below animation doesn't work on the forum the image can be viewed here:
http://rohirrim.smugmug.com/photos/63137753-O.gif



Thanks for looking,

Dave_RG40

hehe that's pretty cool. Can't wait to show my sons tomorrow morning.

6 and 7 - we will have a nice chat about birds then!

Thanks for Posting!

All the Best!



Dave

Dee

That's got to be one of the strangest things I've ever seen
Thanks for posting it.

Osprey Whisperer

Nice job, Steve. I can't wait to figure out animation....then that photoshop stuff will be really dangerous. :uhoh

Harryb

Very neat. Thanks.

Thusie

Pretty cool Steve

No wonder your so fixated on bird breasts Sorry

Dick on Aruba

Great sequence Steve, Well done.

Dick.

gildco

Excellent series.
As usual, crystal clarity, "pop" central figure, and the piece de resistance, animation. Good job. When not blowing up the esophageal pouches to attract a female, what other function do they serve? Can I order some to renew my wife's interest in me?

jwear

now one could say that would blow you away but we post here everyday really great stuff steve if i could spell ps i would try it:cry but this is great work it was worth the dail up wait Hunter is goning to like this one bravo

Steve Cavigliano

It's all good Steve

Great sharp shots, good looking bird and nice animation


Steve

ginger_55

Some male birds are just so cool!

Good capture, Steve, in a unique manner, too!

Thanks for sharing, glad I looked,

ginger

Art Scott

Really nice...

Rohirrim

Dave_RG40 wrote:

hehe that's pretty cool. Can't wait to show my sons tomorrow morning.

6 and 7 - we will have a nice chat about birds then!

Thanks for Posting!

All the Best!



Dave

Thanks Dave, I hope your son likes the animation.

Rohirrim

Dee wrote:

Thanks for posting it.

Thanks Dee, glad you liked it.

Rohirrim

Bird Man Photographer wrote:

Nice job, Steve. I can't wait to figure out animation....then that photoshop stuff will be really dangerous. :uhoh

Thanks Mike, the animation stuff is really pretty easy. To set this one up I took a burst of 6 shots of the grouse, then put those all on separate layers. Using the animation window I set up the layers, the time between windows etc. Then use the Save for web. Let me know if you need more details I could probably write up a more detailed explanation.

Rohirrim

Harryb wrote:

Very neat. Thanks.

Thanks Harry, appreciate your comments.

Rohirrim

Thusie wrote:

Pretty cool Steve

No wonder your so fixated on bird breasts Sorry

Yep, now you know all of my secrets :uhoh

:lol4

kdog

Great shots, and a very cool animation.

You sure do find the most unique birds out your way. :eek1

Rohirrim

kdog wrote:

Great shots, and a very cool animation.

You sure do find the most unique birds out your way. :eek1

Thank you dog.