Red-winged Blackbird

[James Salywoda]

Red-winged Blackbird

These females are hard at work feeding their chicks as they like to load up on bugs and seeds.:)
I really liked the color in the BG as its a distant concrete flood control channel man made objects at times
do work well in compositions.;)


Nikon D300S AFS 600 F4 1.4 TC
1/1250 F8 ISO 800

Thanks For Looking

Jim

[Ofer Levy]

Absolutely gorgeous shot!! I love everything about it!

[John Chardine]

Superb habitat/perch and BG James, and the food item adds a lot. Nice pose and look back too. I might burn in the OOF flower at the bottom middle, to reduce its effect.

[Alfred Forns]

Stunning image James !!! Agree with John in darkening that one flower !! Big Congrats on this one !!!

[denise ippolito]

Jim, The BG color is terrific and the flowers are a perfect touch to make this image look special. I like the sharp details and fine image quality as always.:)

[arash_hazeghi]

Very beautiful James, excellent sharpness and details, agree about the oof flower.

[Mike Milicia]

Gorgeous image in every way! Big congrats!

[Greg Basco]

James, some good advice on how to improve this further but I think it's just a fantastic portrait. Congrats from me!

Cheers,
Greg Basco

[Stu Bowie]

Hey James, just love the light and overall colours in this, and what a sweet BG. Her food item a bonus. As you have already cut off a part of the flowers on the right, I would take a little more off the RHS.

[James Salywoda]

Thanks for the comments I have to agree with everybodys suggestions on the lower flower.:)

[Tobias Hayashi]

Excellent shot, the setting is terrific. Nice smooth bokeh brings out the birds and flowers but there is enough room around the bird for it to stand out also. Great work.