Red-winged Blackbird

[Jerry amEnde]

I normally drive right by Red-winged Blackbirds, but this little guy seemed to have the right light and made a contortionist move mid shutter burst.

Canon 1DX; 500mm F/4L IS USM
F/7.1, 1/2500, ISO 2500
LR5: Cropping, tone adjustments, reduced the luminance & saturation on the Red wings
PS: Removed several distracting sticks.

...Jerry

[Rob Melone]

A very unique and well capture image Jerry. Nice job with exp and sharpness is very good too. Love the red on the wings.

[Tim Harding]

Interesting pose that really shows of the 'red-wing'.

[John Robinson]

That,s nice Jerry ! Amazing pose and the sheen on the black has really come out.
Good stuff
John

[Iain Barker]

Fantastic Jerry. The exposure looks perfect and the whole bird is pin sharp. I can't see any sign of the cloning either. I've still not worked out which why it's head should actually be which add great interest.

TFS
Iain

[Marina Scarr]

Fun behavior image and the blacks look great. The reds are looking a bit hot as I am not seeing much in terms of details there. Good job on the cloning since I don't see any evidence!

[Arthur Morris]

Sharp with a neat pose. I am betting that adding 60-90 points of CYAN to the REDs in Selective Color would bring the detail back to those red epaulets.....

[Satish Ranadive]

Spectacular image of beautiful bird. Very nice. Great details in blacks, nice lights,wing position, lovely eye contact.

Regards,
Satish.

[Jerry amEnde]

Thanks to all for the comments. I agree that I would have loved to see more details in the reds, and tried the suggestions (even tried the NIK detail extractor). Alas, no joy. However, I did learn some new techniques - the beauty of getting other eyes on a shot.

...Jerry