Red-Winged Blackbird Portrait

[susanschermer]

Captured at Wakodahatchee with Mark II, 500 f/4 with 2x. Morning light. Cropped to vertical. I know he's facing away from the lens, but he's showing a lot of color. I would have wished for more of a head-turn but this way I think he's looking wistful.
comments appreciated.

[Lance Warley]

Beautiful, Susan. Wistful...yea, in a pensive kind of way :)

Great details on the body and great bg.

Two thoughts, if you're so inclined: crop some off the top, and try to desat the reds to possibly bring back some detail in there.

[Bill Foxworthy]

Nice Red wing Susan. Love the head angle and though others may want a different view I love the back view showing the reds. Good details in the black feathers and I might crop some from the left to move off-center. Overall beautiful image

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Such a wonderful regal pose Susan and the BG is gorgeous with wonderful lighting and excellent detail. Love the slight head turn you captured in this image and as mentioned just a slight crop on the left , just enough to off center your subject. Otherwise one of the prettiest redwing blackbird images I have seel !! Thanks for sharing.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

I really like the pose,colors and bg,
I would prefer a bit more head turn

[Glenn Bartley]

Just beautiful. Great light and pose. Id take a bit from the left.

[Arthur Morris]

Best suggestion above: de_SAT the red channel (to restore detail). Could have used a much cleaner perch...

later and love, artie

[susanschermer]

Thanks to all for your comments. Will do the de-sat and the crop and clean up the perch a little.

[David Hemmings]

Nice looking image Susan, nits mentioned, love the details, the pose and the bg, would crop from top and left if it were mine :)

[billymoore]

This is a really nice image, love the bg and the detail on the back. I also agree on the cropping.