Yellow-headed Blackbird, male

[Tim King]

7D - 400mm f5.6 L
ISO 400 - f5.6 - 1/600

[gail bisson]

Wow! This is a terrific image.
Tack sharp, soft, diffuse light ( helps the yellow so much), great detail in all the feathers, nice 2 tone BG, lovely pose- tick all the right boxes.
My favorite part are the OOF reeds on the right. They really add a sense of environment without distracting the eye from the bird.
If I had one suggestion it would be to crop out or clone out the little bit of stem on the lower left corner.
Congrats on a fine image,
Gail

[Randy Stout]

Tim:

Excellent points from Gail. Not an easy bird to expose properly. I had one go at one a number of years ago, as they are quite uncommon in my area, and the yellows were quite a challenge in the bright light.
The fanned tail, slender perch with circling grip, his head angle, soft background, all good. I also agree that the slight 'texture' in the bg adds a lot.
I might consider a version with a sliver off the top, just to move him away from the horizontal midline a bit, personal preference really.

Well done.

Cheers

Randy

[Marina Scarr]

What a lovely feel to this one. Loving the varied yet subtle BG. Would crop a tad from the right to eliminate the part of the stem showing but also to move the perch a little more to the corner. Great pose and exposure here.

[Richard Flack]

Cracker image Tim. (Rest has been said above)

[Bill Dix]

Wonderful. The light and exposure bring out the details to perfection. No nits.

[arash_hazeghi]

This is sweet! love the BG, pose and good details. The perch balances the composition nicely. I would also crop a bit from btm right to eliminate the stem

well done

[Tobie Schalkwyk]

Beautiful! The others had said it all!

[Don Railton]

All been said ... absolutely Beautiful..! I especially love the detail in the yellow around the head...

DON

[Satish Ranadive]

Spectacular image.

Regards,
Satish.

[Karl Egressy]

Superb!!!

[Jeannean Ryman]

I would also take a little off the top as has been suggested, but it's a beautiful image as is too. Well done!

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Wonderful soft light, BG, and exceptional detail on a beautiful bird.




Geoffrey