Red-Winged Blackbird

[Steve Canuel]

The RWBBs have started showing up and displaying for their territory. BG is sunlit grass across the lake. 40D, 400DO + 1.4xTC, f6.3, 1/250s, ISO 400, tripod mount.

[Mike Lentz]

This fella pops nicely against a perfect BG! A slight head turn would have been nice, but we get what we get sometimes. The only thing I would do is clone over the bright part of the stick that appears broken off.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Good exposure control, details and BG. I also wish for more head turn and maybe the typical calling pose.

[Robert Amoruso]

Great BG that offsets the bird well, diagonal perch and good directional light that shows the black feather detail making for a pleasing image.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Beautiful Steve. I agree with the above comments and love how the bird just jumps out at you. Nicely done and congratulations.

[Steve Canuel]

Thanks for the comments.