Red-Winged Blackbird

Gallery: AvianPosted May 28, 2012284 views14 comments

Canon EOS 7D
EF400mm f/5.6L USM
5/25/2012 – 9:20:58 AM
1/1000 sec
Manual
f/5.6
ISO 400
Handheld
Harris Neck NWR, Southeast Georgia
Raw, LR3, CS5, 65% of full frame

I normally don't expect to have photo ops with small birds, but this and one other female Red-Winged Blackbird were close to me for a bit when I was watching larger birds at Harris Neck.

Comments, opinions and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

Comments

14 comments

Comment posted by Fabio Giarrizzo on May 28, 2012 at 6:04 AM

Great pose, very natural, excellent detail (terrific on bird's head) and a fine composition- My congrats, Fabio

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Comment posted by Sally Wood on May 28, 2012 at 8:16 AM

Lovely catch here Barbara! I love the pose and the reeds..........

Registered on March 8, 2012, 39 Posts, 509 Comments

Comment posted by Charles Gangas on May 28, 2012 at 9:14 AM

Nice detail and background- terrific composition. Well seen and captured Barbara.

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Comment posted by John Tobias on May 28, 2012 at 9:47 AM

Great shot!! Like the habitat you caught her in. Great sharpness, color and details. Thanks for sharing.

Registered on September 12, 2009, 2120 Posts, 6455 Comments

Comment posted by Balan Vinod on May 28, 2012 at 11:19 AM

Barbara ..I have been lagging behind on shoots and comments. I Like the detail in this one ..Dont know if this is close to full frame or cropped? If there is enough space around you should try out the perfect horizontal and the perfect vertical 2:3. Just to see what it would look like ...Like this one anyways ..

Balan Vinod

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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on May 28, 2012 at 11:36 AM

Nice one, Barbara. There doesn't seem to be many females protographed, and I don't know why because I think they are the prettier gender.

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Comment posted by Carlette Bragg on May 28, 2012 at 12:15 PM

Very nice detail and background Barbara! I really like this one because of the RWB's pose and the grass. Thanks for sharing!

Registered on March 19, 2009, 76 Posts, 387 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on May 28, 2012 at 12:55 PM

Terrific! A very pleasing image with a natural look and great setting and nice composition.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on May 28, 2012 at 7:49 PM

The large view looks great Barbara, sharp details. Lovely bird and setting/BG.
I wish the one blade of grass wasn't directly in front of the bird, but that's nature.
Well done.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on May 28, 2012 at 9:47 PM

Sweet image, Barbara. Excellent detail and dof, and I like the reeds being in nice crisp focus.

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on May 28, 2012 at 11:37 PM

The detail here is really exceptional Barbara. Love the composition and the colors. Excellent work!

Ray

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Comment posted by Basri Akcasoy on May 29, 2012 at 2:23 PM

Excellent shot Barbara. Very sharp detail, overall composition, color and light wonderful. Thank you for sharing with us.

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Comment posted by Verdon on May 29, 2012 at 7:48 PM

Great shot Barbara, sweet "diagonal" composition, great detail, light, background, STUNNING!!!

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on June 2, 2012 at 9:42 AM

I think this is the best photo you have posted to date. Very nice colors, good lighting, a wonderful pose and solid habitat. Of course it would be best if the one blade of vegetation wasn't encroaching on the breast of this bird but that's a minor nit

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