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Red-Winged Blackbirds
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Red-Winged Blackbirds

by Jerry Austin

Gallery: AvianPosted July 7, 201687 views6 comments
I like the pose and pleasing background on these female Red-Winged Blackbirds. Processed using Lightroom CC (2015) and Photoshop CC (2015.5) along with Light Craft's LightZone. Comments and critiques welcome.

Canon 1DX Mark II
Canon 200-400 f4 L IS
f5.6
1/2500s
Focal Length 560mm (Teleconverter Engaged)
ISO 800

Comments

6 comments
Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 7, 2016 at 6:18 PM
Lovely, Jerry.  A very sweet composition with great relative positions of the birds.

devil
Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments
Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on July 7, 2016 at 10:11 PM
Nice DOF and comp on this one Jerry. techs look nice as well, but you might be able to coax a little more out of the shadows. You seem to have the detail needed to do so (I am taking a tiny bit so it still looks natural).
Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments
Comment posted by Allen Brooks on July 8, 2016 at 11:06 AM
Nice poses, especially the lower one, against a good background.  A very nice composition.
Registered on July 27, 2011, 262 Posts, 2597 Comments
Comment posted by Charles Gangas on July 8, 2016 at 1:02 PM
Nice to get the two on the same perch, in good light, and with a clean complimentary background Jerry. My preference would have been a little greater DOF- I think a stop down a step would have helped. 
 
Registered on August 12, 2009, 544 Posts, 2414 Comments
Comment posted by Nate Chappell on July 8, 2016 at 6:07 PM
A very nice comp Jerry, in the larger version the top bird looks tack sharp and the bottom bird not quite there.  With 2 birds like this you really need to stop down to get both in good focus and you had enough light to do so here. devil
Registered on February 1, 2006, 1158 Posts, 19528 Comments
Comment posted by David Schoen on July 10, 2016 at 2:01 PM
Good job of getting both female Red-Winged Blackbird's in sharp focus and with nice poses.
Registered on November 6, 2006, 1213 Posts, 4587 Comments