Blackbird

[Jonathan Ashton]

Taken from garden hide Canon 1DX Canon 500mm f4 L IS Auto ISO 1600 +1, 1/4000 sec f7.1
All C&C welcome.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Good grip on that perch. Nice details. Too bad the wing was not raised higher, and the body not angling away. Still a tough one to get, your timing was excellent.

[Gerald Kelberg]

Caught the moment very nicely! Do you use a trigger-trap or do you just have an exceptionally fast trigger finger?
Either way, it is a very nice image! I like the detailed blacks against that blue background - but do wonder about bringing in the crop from the top and right edges.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Jon, seems like you are mastering your blacks and exposure very well these days - another fine well exposed subject from you. Great view of the feet, and I do like the yellow eye ring and yellow beak.

[Joseph Przybyla]

I echo the previous comments. Nice image, thank you for sharing.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Thanks for the comments everyone. Gerald I have a fast trigger finger I am also known as Jonny Ringo! The 1DX frame rate is pretty quick too