Red-winged Blackbird.

[Karl Egressy]

This is the time of the year when the males arrive and establish their nesting territory.
Shot early morning today.
Thanks for looking.

Canon 5DM
Canon 500 f4.0 L IS II +1.4x III
ISO 400
1/1000 s
f7.1
HH

[Binu John]

Beautiful shot! Very nice composition, head angle, pose, background and perch! Well done!

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the pose, perch, BG and composition. Nice image Karl.

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Karl, when I think of a RWBB ... this is it. I mean it just doesn't get any more accurate than this. You've got the patch of red showing perfectly and the detail in the blacks is superb!

[Ian Wilson]

Not much else to say - a splendid image - congratulations.
Cheers, Ian

[christopher galeski]

agree with others comments,very nice image,well done.

[keith mitchell]

Karl it looks like a top class painting,not a clue what the BG might be but it really does lift your bird, great stuff.

Keith.

[Kaido Rummel]

Stunning photo of a beautiful bird. Great background and detail.

[Alexander Krebs]

I do not know what to say more than: great shot ... congrats and thanks for showing.


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[Karl Egressy]

Karl it looks like a top class painting,not a clue what the BG might be but it really does lift your bird, great stuff.

Keith.

Thanks Keith, thank you all.
I should have said that the background was the dry reed left from last year over this marshy area.
I cloned out only one OOF stalk in front of the bird. The rest was further away, hence the smoothness of the BG.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I just photographed some of these guys recently too, in a similar habitat! Nice image, good pose, well balanced comp. I wonder if more details in the face could be pulled out without introducing unwanted artifacts...

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Karl, I like the colours in this with the well exposed darks of the bird against the creamy colour of the BG.

[WillieHall]

really appreciate the detail in the blacks, I have a bird I see often, Phainopepla, and am challenged to get this much detail of this all black bird.

[MohsenVahedipour]

Perfect exposure. Excellent perch, BG, pose & IQ. TFS

[Ritesh Nangare]

Awesome Frame stunning light,bird,contrast and details.................

[David Salem]

Very nice RWBB frame Karl. Not that easy to get right. I have lots of them in my area but we find it difficult to get them in the right light and angle. This one looks really nice and I like the cattail perch. Well done Karl

[Richard Flack]

Sweet image Karl, great exposure, detail and nice background and perch. Well done!