Red-winged Blackbird

[Mike Milicia]

EOS-1D Mk IV, 500mm f/4, 1/500, f/5, ISO 800
About 85% of Full Frame

Photographed in early morning light this past weekend at Great Meadows NWR in Concord, MA.

Looking forward to your comments and critiques!

[Dumay de Boulle]

Great light and BG...Exp looks good...Very nice Mike

[Nadir Boutaba]

Really good with the black feathers which reflect this orange light.
I would perhaps have preferred if the eye was looking to the right, but it's only my feeling.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Mike, great light and BG. nice clean shot. Compositionally, if mine, I'd have placed the bird a tiny bit lower in the frame...but that might be just personal preference. This one works well too.

[James Shadle]

Mike,
The light and subject are both beautiful.
Wonderfully exposed as well as nice and sharp.

A slide down in the frame and/or more room all the way around would IMO make this a stronger image.
The background is awesome - let's see a little more of it.

[Mike Milicia]

Thanks to all for the feedback!

Regarding the crop/comp, here's the full frame version which may be closer to the suggestions.