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are a couple of things I can see could be better. Firstly, the whole bird should have been in the frame. Secondly, you could have used either a wider aperture to blur out the background a lot more or a really small aperture to get them also in sharp focus. The fact that they are neither here nor there is distracting.

That's a great photo of a Redwing in his natural habitat. Lighting is good, they're so black it's usually difficult to get any detail . Fine work!

Nice work. But I would have liked to focus on the bird and hence avoid the distraction caused by the other objects in the picture.

This is a wonderful portrait of a RWBB in full breeding plumage and in its favorite habitat. I like the cattails as they are part of the bird's living space.

I couldn't disagree more with the first critique. This is a very nice image. You're showing the animal 'standing tall' in allignment with other features in its environment. Good detail in the bird's feathers and distinguished colour contrasts.

I like the setting for this bird. I think I'd

experiment with different colors of backgrounds

or a verigated background maybe. Just the RIGHT background might really bring this photo alive.

Amazing, I shot this exact image this past weekend in the Cuyahoga Valley. Although I'm sure I got the whole bird in the frame, won't know until the slides get processed. I would have pulled the teleconverter off or composed vertically. Otherwise, great detail in the feathers as some of the others posters indicated.

Well done!

I have tried so hard to get a shot of these lovely birds! This one is very nice. Great detail!

Only wish the entire tail feathers had been in view.