Common bird !!!

[Alfred Forns]

Probably as common as they can get, female grackle but one of my favorites !! Image made at Wako during their nesting season. Good conditions, birds had to make a bank when returning to the nests and gave some opportunities. Image for two years ago.

Comments welcome and much appreciated


Nikon D300
300 f 4.0 1.4X
f 5.6 1/5000 sec
ISO 640
Av -2/3

[Ofer Levy]

Excellent flight shot! Awesome pose and detail.

[Callie de Wet]

Hi Alfred, As good as it can be, a lovely bank, good details in the plumage, sharp, Has a bit of a starling jist. Maybe slight CW rotate to align the bottom wing with the bottom, left corner?

[Andrew Merwin]

Agree with the other comments. I found it very interesting to see that they tuck their legs forward when flying. I assumed that their legs would be folded backwards when flying.
Andrew

[Ken Lassman]

Great IF capture Al......doesn't look common when you do it :D

[Scott Frye]

I like the detail and sharpness of this BIF - -nicely done

[Lorant Voros]

Excellent capture of a really common bird. I think this is a perfect example how to show the beauty of an every day seen bird. Thank you master for sharing.

[Markus Jais]

Wonderful shot with great detail and a fantastic wing and tail pose.

Markus

[Harold Davis]

you nailed that one!!! nice looking girl you got there!

[arash_hazeghi]

Al, tough shot to get and you nailed both focus and pose, doesn't get better than this!!! Excellent choice of shutter speed for fast small bird. must be razor at full size, the detail in the tail is amazing.

Love it as presented.

[denise ippolito]

Awesome Alfred! Fantastic pose and sharp details!!:):)

[Rick Moran]

Great pose and love the fanned out wings and tail, brings out the best in this bird.

[Stu Bowie]

Al, perfect banking angle - full wingspread, fanned tail, and nice and sharp.

[Charles Glatzer]

Al,

Could not be better.

Chsa

[Roman Kurywczak]

Common maybe....but surely not the pose! You nailed it!!!