Delta Wing Bomber aka ........

Male Red-wing Blackbird!

I realise that many RWBB have been posted lately but I got lucky last evening at one of the local nature areas. I ran into CanondslrUser and we were photographing a Green Heron just as the sun was setting. The pond was completely in the shade so we were forced to use Fill Flash.

This male decided to do a display just feet from the Heron and I was at the right angle at the right time. It's position reminded me of a Delta Bomber.

Bigma on Monopod with Fill Flash. ISO 800.
Vertical shot (~40% of full frame) cropped from a horizon shot.

Wings opening up.

Those are both excellent! Nice composition, and perfect exposures.

I particularly like the first image. It looks a bit stealth bomber-ish!

Good job, Stephen.

Amazing shots Stephen. They are such beautiful birds. And I've got a pair coming to my yard from the abandoned farm behind the house. Always nice to see them.

Nice shots Stephen. You got good detail in the black.

Super capture Stephen;

Were you successful with the Green heron?

That's a very original pose - surprising choice for a perch on his part! Nice shots

Thank you Village.

EdV wrote in post #3174431
I particularly like the first image. It looks a bit stealth bomber-ish!

Good job, Stephen.

Tanks Ed. I actually was thinking of a Stealth Bomber but I typed Delta Wing!?!

Mitch and George I appreciate your comments.

busbyea wrote in post #3174787
Super capture Stephen;

Were you successful with the Green heron?

Thanks Ted. Yes I did get shots of the Green Heron in the open including a series of shots Pre-strike, Strike (head under water) and Post.

They were taken at 800 ISO so they're a bit grainy but I'll likely post some soon.

Ed, thank you for taking the time to comment.

I like the pose, it seems a little noisy, overal nice photos.

Great-looking shots, despite the noise

great shots stephen i love the pose and the eye in no.1. it reminded me of a vulcan v bomber.

Two very nice images here Stephen with very nice poses and exposures. Beauties!

Beautiful shots with wonderful timing to capture the perfect pose !

Thank you Glenn, Bea, JP, Gary and Chris for your kind words.

Glenn and Bea I thought about cleaning things up with Neat Image but my demo version smooths out the foreground as well and I wanted to maintain the detail in the feathers. I know that others have better PP skills and could have improved the shots.

One of the coolest RWB poses I ever seen, well done Stephen.