Yellow-headed Blackbird

[Dan Sorochan]

Canon 5D MKII, EF-400mm, 1/500, f5.6, ISO 200, 28% FF

http://qx401g.blu.livefilestore.com/y1pvsviGq1ljr9wrQBFBaCgXgzYV3srovXWa47rV92dIUx9NHz AXhJjzZM2dlEArNcZp4xnHujKkGHlwGoCfZEI-g27xLKNvdxu/yhbb.jpg

[Daniel Cadieux]

Perfectly exposed, and very sharp as posted. Quite an appealing pose too and a great BG. Ideally the OOF cattail behind the tail and the other two light twigs would not be there. Also, some the yellows are clipped...bringing down the yellow channel's saturation just a tad would put this in check. Here's an interesting thread dealing with such yellows:

http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php?t=35243

Overall I like the quality of this image...well done!

[Steve Canuel]

Nicely exposed and detailed. BG really makes him pop.

[Dan Sorochan]

I reduced the saturation of yellow a bit.
http://qx401g.blu.livefilestore.com/y1pZjUBwjDXWNwQ_eZk4DNnmctcY1dR2NeaPESMrOuA-sq4SobYwppSpzkIT-tiOQtf6-eoTgvLr1xlg2kJ8JY2MmYGqjojdgdo/yhbb2.jpg

[John Blumenkamp]

I really like the pose of the bird here, and the detail looks great.