Boat-tailed Grackle: OM-1 with Olympus 40-150 F2.8 Pro + MC 1.4, F4.0 @1/667, ISO 320

[Joe Trimarchi]

 

[nzmacro]

Only seen them on the net. Fantastic colours they have and well shown in this. Great shot and nice work.

Danny.

 

[Joe Trimarchi]

Thanks Danny

I forgot to mention that this picture was cropped and post processed.

 

[PentUp]

Nice capture Joe, that glossy blue sheen is impressive.

 

[Joe Trimarchi]

Nice capture Joe, that glossy blue sheen is impressive.

Thanks. They are a nice-looking bird but a bit messy around my bird feeders. They spill a lot of seeds onto the ground.

 

[Nachtegaal]

Beautiful bird beautiful photo.

 

[Joe Trimarchi]

Beautiful bird beautiful photo.

Thank You!

 

[Blufftonian]

That's a super shot of a notoriously difficult to capture bird. The colours in the sheen look great.

My only very minor criticism is that he'd be better moved to the left in your crop so he'd be looking into the frame rather that looking out of it. But I know that's not always possible and we have to take what we can get.

 

[Joe Trimarchi]

That's a super shot of a notoriously difficult to capture bird. The colours in the sheen look great.

My only very minor criticism is that he'd be better moved to the left in your crop so he'd be looking into the frame rather that looking out of it. But I know that's not always possible and we have to take what we can get.

Thanks. The birds just never seem to both pose correctly and in the perfect location. I'm forever cropping or trying to hide bits and pieces.

 

[Blufftonian]

Thanks. The birds just never seem to both pose correctly and in the perfect location. I'm forever cropping or trying to hide bits and pieces.

Me too!