The Challenge

My wife's title and I liked it.  One of many Great-tailed Grackle's displaying at the Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center in Port Aransas Texas back in early April.  They always look so amazingly fierce when they display.  I was fortunate that this one chose the branch of a shrub beside the boardwalk as most of them opted for the railing as a display location.

7DII, Sigma 150-600 C @ 260 mm, hand held, f/8, 1/320, iso 1250, aperture priority, pattern metering.  Processed in LR & PS CC.  I had to pull down the highlights and brighten the shadows in the RAW converter.  I also reduced exposure of the bg slightly in PS.  Taken April 4th at 7:55 am.

Comments and criticisms are always appreciated.

Thanks,