Yet another Red-winged Balckbird

[Daniel Cadieux]

Somewhat similar to an image I posted last week...but on that previous one the red epaulettes were not showing quite as well as here. Had to desaturate the reds a bit until not clipped anymore. Also toned down the taller cattail tip as it was quite too bright - bordering on burnt. A bit of a gloomy and drizzly day, but a good one to expose the blacks.

Canon 40D + 100-400L @400mm, aperture priority, evaluative metering, 1/100s., f/7.1, ISO 800, +0.3 EC, natural light, handheld.

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w98/dancad/tn_Red-wingedBlackbird_2544-01.jpg

[Ramon M. Casares]

Great pose, great exposure, stunning BG, perfect comp and very nice head angle, great soft light and terrific detail. Congratulations!

[Dan Walker]

Good exposure, love the topside view with fanned tail and head angle, I could see this working as a vertilce as well, but still like it as is.

[Ilija Dukovski]

Love the feather detail, just perfect light.
The reds and yellows are just great too.
I see a bit of noise on the bird,
did you use noise filter?

Cheers,

[Stu Bowie]

Brilliant exposure and detail on those blacks Daniel, and pin sharp too. Super pose, and lovely OOF BG. Great image.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I see a bit of noise on the bird,
did you use noise filter?

Cheers,

Thanks. I did apply NR selectively on the BG only. The noise on the bird is much more noticeable now looking at it from a laptop than on a PC's CRT.