Red-winged Blackbird

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I went to a local pond this morning to look for a Moorhen, which was there but not too cooperative. Instead I had some fun with Blackbirds. Ideally, the bird were angled a bit more toward me but I liked the shape. I had to add a bit canvas on the left.



1D4, 500f4, 1.4x, 1/1600s, f/8, ISO 640, manual exposure

[Juan Aragonés]

Axel your self critic is OK for me but I am sure that you are really happy with this one because it is just fantastic.

[rajpradhan]

This is a great capture of the bird in flight. Quite sharp.

[Lorant Voros]

Agree with your self critic, but it is still track sharp, has beautiful colors and I love the spread tail. Well done.

Lorant

[Keith Carver]

Crisp detail and gorgeous color in head and scapulars, perfect catchlight. Feet look just a tad soft. You can really feel the speed of this bird - great capture, Axel, TFS!

[Fabs Forns]

I can testify this is not an easy capture, so I'd be very happy to have it in my files :)

[James Salywoda]

Great job getting this speedster Axel I think it could use less contrast IMO maybe?

[Harshad Barve]

this is awesome image ,
TFS

[Kiran Poonacha]

Difficult capture well executed Axel, great angle, pose and details...

[Alfred Forns]

Sweet Axel One tough bird to get !!! Big Congrats !!!