Red-winged Blackbird

[DanWalters]

Photographed this blackbird after work. Had to work fast as I only had about 15 minutes of light. The ice made a nice background. Thanks for looking.

Canon 1D Mark2
500mm f/4L
f/7.1 1/500sec
ISO 200

[Ofer Levy]

Lovely pose and excellent exposure control. Would move the bird higher in the frame.

[Jeff Dyck]

I like the pose and the exposure looks excellent - just the right amount of detail in the blacks (on my monitor anyway!). I agree with Ofer about the birds positioning in the frame. I also find the way that only the tip of the twig on the right was clipped off a bit awkward - I'd think about either adding a small amout of canvas of the right so that you can see the end of the twig (with a reasonable amount of clearance to the edge of the frame) or clone out / clean-up the tip of the twig.

[DanWalters]

Thanks! Did a little retouching on this one...

[Jeff Dyck]

I definitely like the repost better.

[AlvanBuckley]

I also like the repost more. Great detail in the blacks.
TFS

[Pieter de Waal]

Like this one Dan, nice calling pose and great exposure and detail in blacks

[DanWalters]

Thanks for the comments!