Red-winged Blackbird (f)

[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 VR AF-S ED, camera and lens supported by a Oben carbon fiber monopod with a Wimberly MonoGimbal head
1/1000 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV +1 ISO 1400 Auto WB, image captured at 400mm (600mm 35mm Equivalent)
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2023 and Topaz Denoise AI, removed unwanted vegetation from the background
Cropped 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 https://birdsasart-shop.com/the-baa-...ic-site-guide/

[Paul Burdett]

Very nice Joe! I like the overall composition here, the bird's pose, the feather detail and the water drop on the perch. Lovely background. TFS

[Daniel Cadieux]

I'm really liking the wet perch. Sweet BG too. I do wish for less of a head angle, but all else ticks my boxes.