I'm Watching You!

[Richard Lovison]

http://richardlovison.com/photos/grackle3.jpg
© reserved 2009, Richard Lovison

This image of a common grackle was taken earlier this year in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts.

Olympus E-3
ZD 40-150mm @ 113mm
aperture priority - 1/80 sec, f8, EC -0.3EV
ISO 400
tripod

[Brian Barcelos]

Love his pose and BG, exposure is spot on and colors are wonderful. I wish for a little more room at the bottom. Overall a very nice image.

Brian

[Fabs Forns]

Great pose and clean BG. Good color rendition in the bird. Grass seems a bit hot to me, maybe toning down the greens may help.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the pose, iridescence, eye contact and angle. Another vote for more room at the bottom for the 'virtual tail' and if it were mine I would remove the single blade of grass in front of the tail.

[Sinh Nhut Nguyen]

Good angle with great light and detail, I like the look up pose, very unique.

[Richard Lovison]

Thanks to all that commented and offered advice and support. Your help is much appreciated. :)

I took all of your suggestions and did a repost -- reduced the saturation a bit also as I felt it was a tad strong.

http://richardlovison.com/photos/grackle4.jpg
©reserved 2009, Richard Lovison

[Axel Hildebrandt]

The repost works really well!

[Harshad Barve]

fantastic image , repost is too good
TFS

[Kiran Poonacha]

Loved the repost, beautiful bird too congrats...