Cowbird fight, cowbird fight!

[D. Robert Franz]

Preparing for the IFC Pro Tour Contest in April.. Here's one from the last contest. A male bronzed cowbird is fending off a female brown-headed cowbird.

Camera Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Firmware: Adobe Photoshop CS4 Windows
Shutter speed: 1/2000 sec
Aperture: 9
Exposure mode: Av
Exposure compensation: -2/3
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 800
Focal length: 500mm

[Matthew Studebaker]

Amazing moment captured. Background is nice and clean but not flat. My only tiny nit would be I'm seeing some sharpening halos around the birds but only slight.

[Jim Fenton]

Like the interaction a lot.

I just barely see the sharpening halos Matthew noted and I had to really look for them.

What grabs my eyes is that the post looks a bit hot...and it may well have been a light colored post to begin with but it's bright enough that it detracts to my eyes.

I wonder how it would present with a bit more space below the female?

[Markus Jais]

Great action shot. I especially like the pose of the female bird.

Markus

[Matthew Gaige]

I like the capture, the timing is great. The emotion holds your attention. Is'nt digital great.. to be able to capture an event our eye might not have grasped clearly!

[Dave Leroy]

Another interesting photo with action and tension.
I like the nice job on the blacks.
I also wonder if a bit of room on bottom would improve the feel to this one.
Dave

[Sid Garige]

Fantastic timing and great techs Dale. Very well done.

[arash_hazeghi]

Excellent interaction and great sharp details! congrats very nice work