Female Blackbird.

Canon 20D, Canon 500mm f4 & Canon 1.4X Extender, 1/400 sec @ f5.6,
iso 800, lens supported on a beanbag on the ground.
Full frame, levels, hue/saturation, Neatimge.


Hi,

One from a few days ago. This blackbird was busy turning all the leaves over in search of a meal.


LARGER VERSION


All comments always welcome and appreciated.

The detail in the Blackie is outstanding, but I think it could be cropped to advantage, with the first being to take the “mush” out from centre to bottom left. I would also consider flipping it so that it faced right.

I wouldn’t overly worry about the virtual feet, as this is effectively a close-up, and an excellent one at that.

This is why I invariably post full frame, it’s amazing what you can learn from the feedback, without the authors realizing it. Either with a completely new slant on the image or reaffirming what you already thought.

Thanks for the suggestions Ray

Great shot Justin
Like it as is!! The colours balance beautifuly!
I'm a lover of the low level shot!!This works really well.

Cheers

Craig
www.craigchurchill.co.uk

Excellent colours and a nice inquisitive pose. Really like this

Dave

Now that is a great foreground & backdrop Justin, the female blackbird as expected from you is well focused & well positioned.

Pure Quality

Vince

This is spot-on just as it Justin; excellent!

Great shot, cannot really add any more

Ian

This is a very nice image. Great detail and lovely colours.

I like this one with the blurry FG and BG.

Very pleasing Justin, think I would lose a bit from the bottom and right.

John

Superb, I love this shot. Nice to see a really good shot of this subject. Bg colours are exceptional IMO.
Eric