Red-winged Blackbird with dragonfly...

[Joseph Przybyla]

Dottie and I went to Circle B Bar Reserve this morning. While capturing images of the Red-winged Blackbird it swoop down catching a dragonfly, then returning to the perch to eat it. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D7000
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 290mm (435mm FFE)
1/1000 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 400 AWB, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC 2017
Cropped for composition and presentation

[Raybel Robles]

Hi Joseph,

I really like the position of the bird with the dragonfly showing perfectly, but I do feel the black feathers don't look too good, it is too noisy and lack details. I assume that area was underexposed on the raw image?

[Joseph Przybyla]

Hi Joseph,

I really like the position of the bird with the dragonfly showing perfectly, but I do feel the black feathers don't look too good, it is too noisy and lack details. I assume that area was underexposed on the raw image?

Hi Raybel, you're correct, then raw image was underexposed. Shifted quickly from shooting another bird to capture this one with the dragonfly without changing exposure. Thank you for viewing and commenting.