Red-winged blackbird

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Red-winged blackbird

Image taken at Bear River Migratory Refuge UT. I was in car and could not move farther away from the subject. Already removed Teleconvertor.


Nikon D500, 600 mm f/4

1/4000 sec; f/5.6; ISO 800

Manual; Matrix metering



Post Processing:-
Removed small Phragmites in the bottom of the image
Raw Processing using C1P
Neat Image for NR
Nik 30-30 Filter
No Cropping
Sharpening for Presentation.

Let me know your thoughts and comments.

Thanks
Krishna

[Jonathan Ashton]

A beautiful image I like the calling pose, I am sure you already said it to yourself but I wish the seed head had not been clipped. The head angle isn't quite optimal but still a lovely shot.

[Arthur Morris]

Looks much too bright on my screen ... Others? Going to horizontal would have solved several problems with this one ...

with love, artie

[kevin Hice]

Nice calling pose ,agree with the clipping . I think you got lots of details in the blacks and agree too bright. I have trouble with the blacks in post. I think it helps to shoot these guys in soft light. The reds look spot on.

[Randy Stout]

Krishna:

Excellent calling pose, ruffled feathers, nice job holding the reds, which are very easy to blow out on this black bird.
I do agree with Artie that he appears a bit too bright. I would experiment with pulling back the exposure a bit and see what you think of it.

Because of your tight framing due to your setup, I agree with Artie that a horizontal format might have been a good choice.

The RWB are really belting it out around here in Michigan as well.

Cheers

Randy

[annmpacheco]

Would like to see the flower head in full can you crop to horizontal? I like the wind swept shoulder feathers.

[John Mack]

Agree with what has already been said. Nice perch and i like the wind swept feathers.