Red-winged Blackbird in Green Cay Wetlands, Boynton Beach, Florida.

[snappychappy]

Very nice shot, love the colors, never seen one like that before.

[metaphiston]

What a curious-looking blackbird. I like the second picture most of all, the position of the beak is best I think, though the wings are nice in the third picture. Out of curiosity, why did you put an ISO of 1000 and a shutter speed of 1/3000s? I would have thought that a ISO a couple of stops lower and two stops slower shutter speed would have frozen movement in the same way but with less noise (though at ISO 1000 the k-5 sensor performs very well). Was it just that those were the settings you happened to be shooting when this opportunity presented itself, or is there another reason?

[snooked]

I was shooting BIF's and birds in the water and brush which opportunities can come up at any moment. Noise is better then blur. Also I am hand holding this relatively heavy lens.

Ed

[slowpez]

Enjoy seeing those epaulettes so visible in the blackbird. Doesn't happen very often where you can pull off a decent shot and you pulled off three great ones. Thanks for sharing these.