Yellow-headed blackbird

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

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Background colors are due to distant clouds.


Hoping to make few more trips.




Nikon D500, 600 f/4 +1.4x TCIII
1/2500 sec; f/5.6; ISO 1250
Manual; Matrix metering


Post Processing:-
Raw Processing using C1P
No Cropping
Nik 30-30 Filter on the Bird at Reduced Opacity
Sharpening for Presentation
Selective Color to add few points to Blacks




Let me know your thoughts and comments.


Thanks
Krishna

[John Mack]

Nice to see the bird in its habitat. The grasses make this one for me. Maybe having the bird dead center would make a nice composition. But i guess you would cut off the top head of grass there.

[Randy Stout]

Krishna:

Nice to see one of these fellows. Only seen one once in Michigan.

Well exposed, nice head angle.

I like the comp, but could also see one with a sig. crop up from the bottom.

Cheers

Randy

[David Salem]

Nice frame of one of my favorite songbirds. And what a song they sing. I like the comp the way it is. Well done

[David Roach]

Love this composition. The environment and the bird share this canvas nicely. TFS

[Daniel Cadieux]

Very appealing image! One of your stronger ones. I love the comp too. If I were very fussy I would clone out the very tiny bit of grass peeking from behind the top of bill. Congrats on a beautiful image!

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Striking bird and beautifully captured, Krishna. Great perch and I like the crop with a good amount of the plant keeping him smallish in the frame. Like the grey sky background.

Geoffrey




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[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Thank you all for the comments and Feedback.