Red-winged Blackbird

[Jim Crosswell]

This was taken in the spring along a ditch near my house. All C&Cs are welcome and appreciated.

Canon 1D MK IV
500L f4
1.4 Extender
ISO 1250
1/1000s
f8
Tripod

[dankearl]

About the perfect RWBB, Jim.
Perch, detail, pose and exposure first rate.
Wouldn't change a thing.

[Marina Scarr]

Lovely pose and image, Jim. Nice muted green BG. Nice seeing those long toe nails!

[Henry Domke]

The green background is very appealing.
Excellent!

[Bonnie Block]

Would not change anything either, Jim. It is a lovely image. Background grasses certainly add to this image.

[keith mitchell]

Jim that bird stands out beautifully against that very smooth BG ,your exposure looks spot on, like the others I would not change a thing.

[MohsenVahedipour]

What a lovely pose! Excellent perch, BG & composition. very well done. TFS

[gail bisson]

Comp, exposure,color palette, pose are top notch.
The blacks are perfect,
Gail

[Daniel Cadieux]

Very nice vertical composition, blacks look great, and that is a neat perch-grabbing pose! Not super thrilled with the brighter BG grass skimming the tail...perhaps toning it down some would help get our attention off of it.

[Holger Leyrer]

Great details in the black plumage. Excellent pose and BG.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice clean background, nice perch and excellent pose, Jim.

[Jim Crosswell]

Thanks everyone for the comments and suggestions.

[David Salem]

Nice one Jim. These guys are allot harder than they look to get right, and this one is right. The blacks look great and the overall scene looks very nice. well done