I captured this image of a female Red-winged Blackbird at Circle B Bar Reserve in Polk County, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.
Nikon D500
Nikon 500mm PF, camera and lens supported by a Oben carbon fiber monopod with a Wimberly MonoGimbal head
1/1600 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV +1 ISO 5600 Auto 1 WB, image captured at 500mm (750mm 35mm Equivalent)
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2022 and Topaz Denoise AI. removed a couple intruding branches in the lower corners
Cropped for composition and presentation
Joe Przybyla
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Niotnsure that you could make it any better. Head angle perfect, Lovely background and a pretty sweet perch. Looks like some sort of grub rather than a worm.
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Hi Joe ... nice clean shot and I do like image overall .
the food in the beak is a cool addition .
Do not see any global cast , what I might do is reducing the blue /cyans a bit .... personal taste . But not globally ....