Red-winged blackbird, female

[Gary Hamilton]

Approx 50% crop. All C/C welcome.

Canon 7D
300mm f 2.8 IS
2x teleconverter
1/250
f 5.6
400 ISO

[Randy Stout]

Gary:

I really like the grip of the lower leg on the reed.
Well exposed, classic pose, nice background, open beak. Nice tail flair too.

I could see a bit of a crop in from the left to eliminate the reed there.
I might do a bit more sharpening on the head/eye.

Cheers

Randy

[Gary Jones]

Ditto Randy on a bit more sharpening. Otherwise a great pose on the bird. The greens in the BG seem a little too saturated.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Very nice I agree with the previous commennts I would also consider brushing overthe far left stem and over some of the very pale areas to make the background a little more even (but not homogeneous).