Red-winged Blackbird

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image at Circle B Bar Reserve in Polk County, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D500
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED, camera and lens supported by a monopod
1/1600 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV +1 ISO 450 Auto 1 WB, image captured at 400mm
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2020 and Neat Image for noise reduction
Cropped for composition and presentation

[Colin Driscoll]

Good pose with the red looking good.
Maybe a bit flat overall?

[dankearl]

I do not know the quality of the lens you use, but a lot of images like this should be sharper at these settings.
Maybe just bad flat light.

[Joseph Przybyla]

I do not know the quality of the lens you use, but a lot of images like this should be sharper at these settings.
Maybe just bad flat light.

Hi Dan, thank you for viewing and commenting. The light was very flat, gray, overcast, the background is what the sky looked like.

[John Mack]

A lovely pose on this bird. Neat how the breast feathers are fluffed out a little. I would be tempted to remove the stick out the back.