Red Winged Blackbird

[Silverpenguin]

Not the most natural of perches but I liked the detail in bird and also the almost completely OOF surroundings except for a small strip of textured wood. I understand it may not be to everyones taste due to the perch. To appreciate the detail it's best viewed large - not something I usually like to do online...but it really does do the image more justice to view it large (1200 pixels)

Taken in Florida at Green Cay wetlands.

D300 with 200-400 VR at 350mm (I think the 1.4x TC was attached still though), f5.6, ISO 360. Small crop of about %10 from left, right and top of frame.

 

[Dagwood56]

Great shot!