Red-winged Blackbird

[Jim Crosswell]

This was taken a couple of months ago at the edge of farm fields around my house. Cropped from a horizontal. All C&Cs are welcome and appreciated.

Canon 1D MK IV
500L f4
1.4 Extender
ISO 1250
1/1000s
f8
Supported by vehicle window

[gail bisson]

This one made me smile! This is the look hubby gives me when I tell him how much my new lens/camera/purse/shoes cost!!
Very nice image.
Comp is spot on and love the DOF and the nice tail feathers.
Blacks look great and nice smooth Bg.
Nice one Jim! Did you desat the green BG?
gail

[Jim Crosswell]

This one made me smile! This is the look hubby gives me when I tell him how much my new lens/camera/purse/shoes cost!!
Very nice image.
Comp is spot on and love the DOF and the nice tail feathers.
Blacks look great and nice smooth Bg.
Nice one Jim! Did you desat the green BG?
gail

Thanks Gail. The green BG is as shot. I made a mistake the image was taken earlier this month not a couple of months ago as stated.

[Marina Scarr]

Very nice image all around, Jiim. Like the open beak, perch and BG.

[Markus Jais]

Wonderful shot. I like the open beak. Makes me want to hear the bird's song. Great light and BG.

Markus

[David Salem]

Nice job on this shot Jim.
Even though it may not look like it, but for those of you that know, they are very challenging to get a good shot of.
Its not only about the proper exposure but the amount of light and the type of light have a huge play in it, along with the subject being at the proper angle. The red is very easy to blow out as you are trying to get good exposure on the blacks.
This one is captured well and the blacks and reds look great. Nice pose and a nice smooth BG set this up nicely. Well done.

[Jim Crosswell]

Thanks everyone for the kind comments.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image. I like front pose with open beak and both eyes nicely visible.
Rest every thing has been said about this wonderful image of beautiful bird.

Regards,
Satish.

[Shawn Zierman]

The light quality was very good for making exposures of this subject. You handled the exp. work perfectly. A bit more background variation than this might have been nice. For head on views of songbirds, though this is not directly head on and that has helped, I like birds that have crown stripes or crests...Very nice image Jim.

[Sandy Witvoet]

Perfect capture of the RWB's "attitude" and classic pose.