Male Red-Winged Blackbird #1

Please let me know what you think...

This photo has an non-photographic essence that reminds me of Audubon. I really like it. Good use of software.

Thank you for the wonderful comment. It is a real honor to be put up there with Audubon images!

Excellent image... good enough to hang on the wall.

Thanks for the kind words.

Clean, sharp image. Very well done.

Thanks for the remarks. I used Neat Image to clean up some of the noise in the image. I have a trial version and it is the first image that I have used it on. It definitely cleaned it up a little. I plan on trying Noise Ninja next and will probably buy the one that I feel most comfortable with.

Nice capture! I have been experiencing a need for noise control, do you have any info to share?

Nice composition and use of flash to bring out detail in the blacks. My big problem is that this is severely over-sharpened.