Boat-Tailed Grackle

[andresleon]

Shot this at at Green Kay wetlands in Palm Beach Florida with a 1D X and a 800mm L lens. ISO 800. f8 and 1/80 sec.

[Marina Scarr]

Grackles are so gorgeous and this one is no exception, Andres. Love how you managed to capture the iridescence in its feathers, and I like the added vegetation. The only issue for me here is the composition. I don't feel as though the horizontal composition is working for this pose and think a vertical would work better.

[andresleon]

Grackles are so gorgeous and this one is no exception, Andres. Love how you managed to capture the iridescence in its feathers, and I like the added vegetation. The only issue for me here is the composition. I don't feel as though the horizontal composition is working for this pose and think a vertical would work better.

Thanks for the feedback, Marina. The legs were half way covered by the leaves and other shrubbery so I decided to go horizontal.