Competition entry: Redwing Blackbird
Redwing Blackbird by Brian Narveson
2013 October Competition - B Nature
29 points
Judges' comments:
Image has impact; unusual pose; difficult exposure due to high contrast
Maker's notes:

This was shot in a wetlands near Colorado Springs Colorado. It was fairly bright so I went with an ISO of 400 to get a shutter speed of 1/640 sec with and aperature of f/9. The speed was necessary because this was shot hand held with a 300mm lense.