Yellow-headed Blackbird with Dragonfly

[Alan Murphy]

Yellow-headed Blackbird

Kamloops, BC

D800, 600, ISO 640, f8, 1/1000

[Karen Forderer]

This is a great photo! The dragonfly in his mouth is a big plus. I like the large feet holding onto the cattail. The background is nice too.

[Doug Brown]

Perfect pose and cool prey item. Like your sharpness and the nice perch. Is there a reason you didn't include all of the cattail on the right?

[Alan Murphy]

Perfect pose and cool prey item. Like your sharpness and the nice perch. Is there a reason you didn't include all of the cattail on the right?

Hey Doug, no reason other than not wanting a wider comp.

[gail bisson]

Another beauty. iI would take a bit off the LHS and add it to the RHS to include the entire cattail on the right, thus keeping the ratio you want.
IQ is, as always, amazing,
Gail

[Richard Stern]

Fabulous comp, techs, exposure, pose and neat bird with the prey as a bonus. I agree with the comments about the RH cat-tail, but it's not a big deal for me. Richard

[jack williamson]

Beautiful exposure on a beautiful bird. The dragonfly is awesome.

Jack

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent pose and the prey takes this one to the top. well done

[Karl Egressy]

Nice pose, colors and nice complimenting background, Alan. The Dragonfly in the beak is a great addition.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image of handsome bird.
Love the pose,long nails,dragon fly in the beak, beautiful and pleasant colors,great details,very nice,perch, BG and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[vishaljadhav]

A top image, lovely yellow and black and both superbly exposed ( always a nightmare for me )
The prey adds a lot to the beautiful image, superb BG love it.

[MohsenVahedipour]

Excellent as as always. Nice pose, perch, BG & prey item.

[Frank Schauf]

Perfect comp and bg, nice work.

[mohammad reza shahab]

excellent pose and perch.Perfect BG & prey item.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Great image quality, pose and light. I do like the prey item also.