Blackbird

[William Dickson]

Canon 5D Mk3
f/4 500 with 1.4
f6.3
1/1000
ISO 640

This was early morning on Isle of Mull, I was awakened by the early sun, so I sneaked out the bed, leaving my wife sleeping :w3 Got clothed, grabbed the camera and went out. Nothing much was doin, but I managed to get a few shots of this blackbird, the perch was unsightly, thats the reason I cropped most of it out.

Thanks for looking and the comments on my Gull image, much appreciated

Will

[Joseph Przybyla]

Lovely image, Will. Your exposure of the blacks looks good. Thank you for sharing.

[Jim Crosswell]

A very plump looking Blackbird. I like the sharpness, exposure and composition. I would blend in the one straight line behind the wing in the BG. Nice image Will.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice looking roundish bird, light and pose are excellent, Will.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

I'd leave a bit more room below anyway Will. The perch looks fine to me. It's a city kind of a bird as far as I am aware so it suits IMO.
Really beautiful details.
If I were you, I would have tried to take a step or two to the left to not have the OOF black in the BG.
But that's not a big deal anyway.
Great work Will!

[keith mitchell]

I am a big fan of relaxed and puffed up birds Will, this fits the bill nicely, great piece of work.

Keith.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Lovely natural pose Will I like the shot. If it were mine I would lower the highlights on the feet and maybe just have a look see at the bill and check out the luminance and or saturation to get a bit more detail.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Akos stole the words out of my mouth. Lovely plump shape to this individual!