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    I was at Circle B Bar Reserve recently and saw this female Red-winged Blackbird perched on a dead Fire Flag stem. I locked focus on the bird and as I started to squeeze the shutter the bird took flight. The first image of three was the perched bird, this is the second image of that burst. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

    Nikon D500
    Nikon 500mm F/5.6 VR AF-S ED PF, camera and lens supported by a Oben carbon fiber monopod with a Wimberly MonoGimbal head
    1/1600 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 800 Auto 1 WB, image captured at 500mm (750mm 35mm equivalent)
    Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2021 and Neat Image for noise reduction when needed
    Cropped slightly for composition and presentation

    P.S. Learn more about Circle B Bar Reserve in the BAA Middle Florida Photography Site Guide that Artie and I co-authored. It is available at this link The BAA Middle of Florida Site Guide
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    A classic RWB frame. Love the composition, BG and sharp where it needs to be. Angel wings indeed... TFS

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    Hi Joseph really cool frame from the context POV . Nice BG and isolated subject .
    Pose is priceless good .
    For me personally the sharpness is not 100% .... at least the head is not . Looks like the sharpness is lying behind the head

    TFS Andreas

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    Super capture/pose very unusual.......... but sorry Jo same for me , the head/eyes are not sharp.

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    Thanks everyone for viewing and commenting. Here is the bird when the shutter was pressed. The head did move to the left and towards the camera and with only 0.25m/about 9 inches depth of field not enough to keep the head sharp. This is a post of when the sequence of images began.
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    Joe, like the concept. Bkg is super and perch is kinda funky fun.

    Unique wing position, although blurred. Comments on sharpness noted above. Also would've preferred no motion blur at the end of the perch in the og post.

    RP is a much more attractive frame IMO.

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    Thanks everyone for viewing and commenting, much appreciated.
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