Female Red-winged blackbird

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

These birds are seen in our area by the hundreds and many times are over looked for their partner who is so beautiful with the vibrant red on his wings and the jet black feathers on the rest of his body. He is beautiful but the little female has a beauty all of her own in a much more subdued way.

Nikon D 300
Nikon 300 F2.8
ISO 400
1/1250, F8
manual

All comments are appreciated . Thanks !!

[Raymond Barlow]

beautiful setting, and wonderful details (just a dust bunnie to complain about!)

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Ooops right right Raymond. Not sure how I missed that :(:( :)

[Malcolm Benn]

That is such a pretty image .. love the perch and the hint of environment in the background.

[denise ippolito]

Judy, Really nice fanned tail and details. I love the BG colors and the perch!

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

Great detail, colours & pose against a lovely BG!

[arash_hazeghi]

Very beautiful Judy, love the perch and BG, well done!!!

[Kim Rollins]

A classic. A true classic of this lady in here territory.
Well done.

[Paul Lagasi]

Most people don't give this bird the time of day but I find in the right light they are lovely..and you certainly have wonderful light in this image...like the vertical crop, head turn..thanks

[James Salywoda]

A real beauty Judy excellent composition a very pretty shot.

[Duane Noblick]

Beautiful light and I love the tail fanned out.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

This looks very good, great pose, perch, BG and eye contact. I would only tone down the buds.

[Phil Ertel]

Hi Judy, I really like this image. I find the composition to be very pleasing. Placement of the bird in frame, the perch, and the inclusion of the out-of-focused background elements all make for a very good image in my opinion. I agree with Axel that toning down the light buds might be worth evaluating. Thanks for sharing.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

nice looking bird with a beautiful bg,perch,colors!

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Judy....you said it right. The feamle does get ignored. The OOF foliage is balancing the frame very well. Well seen and well composed. Thx for sharing.

[Jim Crosswell]

Great composition Judy! I like the BG and perch in this image.