Red-winged Blackbird (m)

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image at Circle B Bar Reserve in Polk County, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D500
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 400mm
1/2500 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 640
Post processed in Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC 2007, used the Adjustment Brush in Lightroom to burn selected areas of feathers, used the Patch Tool and Content Aware Fill to fix selected areas of feathers
Cropped for composition and presentation

[Bill Dix]

Hi Joe. A nice pose, perch and background. It's tough to get the exposure of the epaulet and the black plumage when this bird is in the sun. To my eye, you did very nicely.

[Glenn Pure]

Joe, exceptional result. This must be one hard bird to photograph and process with all that black and a patch of red and orange. Keeping details in the black without blowing the red is an excellent achievement, especially in full sun. Background is great and your framing works. Thanks for sharing.