Red-winged Blackbird.

[Karl Egressy]

One OOF dry reed removed, green reed blade shortened , top of cattail also shortened.
Thanks for looking.

Canon 7D II
Canon 100-400 f4.5-5.6 L IS II.
ISO 500
1/640 s
f 5.6

[William Dickson]

Great frame Karl, you've got the lot in there. I love it, its so different. Great looking bird with food, lovely perch and the web in front adds lots of interest. Nice work

Will

[Marina Scarr]

This is one heck of an image, Karl, and unique to boot! I wish the green grass weren't in the BG but regardless this is amazing.

[dankearl]

What a surprise when I opened this...
Great shot, Karl, full of interest.
I am on the fence about keeping the large green leaf.....

[Karl Egressy]

Thank you Marina, Will and Dan.
Here is a version without the green leaf.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Sharp as a tack and truly unique. Such an interesting image Karl. Nice job on the pruning. repost gets my vote. I love it.

[David Salem]

One more vote for the repost. A very cool and unique image with the web and the prey. Great looking exposure and details Karl.. Well done.

[keith mitchell]

Karl another for the repost, it really is very good ,like everything about it.

Keith.

[Bill Nuttall]

Hi Karl

unique shot, wonderful

agree with all the coments

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Repost is a bit better too mate.
I love everything about this shot. I really do.
Great pose, eye contact, prey. Charlotte's web to boot too!
What else could you ask for?
TFS!

[Marina Scarr]

The RP is a contest shot, Karl. How the heck did you get rid of that grass without damaging the web...I sure wish I had those PS skills!!

[Karl Egressy]

The RP is a contest shot, Karl. How the heck did you get rid of that grass without damaging the web...I sure wish I had those PS skills!!

Thanks, Marina.
I selected the green leaf and used "content aware" in PS 5.

[Jim Crosswell]

Great image Karl. The repost takes it for me, lots of interesting elements in the frame.

[Gabriela Plesea]

Money shot, Karl - congratulations!

Sorry to come in so late, been lurking around in all forums lately, tonight I finally managed to take a good look at this frame - very unique behavioural shot, well processed and presented. Great iQ and I love the details, as well as those vibrant colours - the inclusion of the spider web is a nice touch - I am loving this, thank you for sharing!

Kind regards,

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image in habitat. Great show. I like the re post, though OP is wonderful.


Regards,
Satish.