Lady of the Glades...

[David Roach]

EOS R RF 100-500 RF 1.4xtc @700 f10 1/800 ISO 400 HH, Manual EXP

Riding along on my evening biking and birding trip, spotted one of my favorites right in the afternoon sun about 1 hour before sunset with shaded water behind. Stopped the bike well before I got there and crawled behind guardrail till on the sun and slightly off angle to alleviate bigger vegetation. Kept praying, "Don't fly... Please don't fly...". With the guardrail for a blind this beauty stayed put and gave just what was imagined...

As always, thanks for valued inputs on previous posts. Please keep them coming.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Beautiful and unusual image I like the dark background with the few grass blades too.

[Arthur Morris]

Yes to the lovely bird -- it could be a guy -- and the dark BKGR. Head angle is about 1/2 degree turned away. I too like the grasses but for the right-most one that impales the breast and protrudes from the back.

with love, a

[William Dickson]

Looking good David...That dark BG sure shows the bird well. Agree with Artie on the HA, but it aint too bad.

Will

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Nice shot with the dark BG making the bird pop. The red eye is cool.

[John Mack]

The dark background makes this one. I like the framing. Love that red eye.