Saturday, May 11, 2013

Intensity

1/250 sec. f/6.3 ISO 500

30 comments:

Kerri Farley said...

Truly magnificent Brian! Really WOWS!

Andy said...

Nice and close on this one Brian.

Carole M. said...

W o w...

eileeninmd said...

Cool capture, love that eye. Happy weekend, Brian!

Gail Dixon said...

Whoa, perfect shot! The clarity in your images is always stellar.

Coloring Outside the Lines said...

Super shot Brian!

Amy Burzese said...

Marvelous. Why am I reminded of Hitchcock?

Beth said...

Great shot Brian!

TexWisGirl said...

love the light glancing off his pate! awesome beak, too!

Rustic Vintage Country said...

Intensity for sure, fab shot!

Anonymous said...

Wonderful shot!

Anonymous said...

Wow - intense and lovely!

Unknown said...

I love the black and white eye.

HansHB said...

A great photo!

carol l mckenna said...

You must have thrilled ! What a great shot!

Leenie said...

Intense is a good title. Love how the rainbows glint of those feathers.

MTWaggin said...

Wow, those eyes are horror film makings! You did great with this shot, hate doing all black birds (or critters). Woop! (from the perve in MT - hahaha bet you thought I missed that)

Andee said...

"I didn't do it. Nope I didn't do it." hee hee that is what it looks like he is thinking. Great close up!

Gemma Wiseman said...

Wow! What an intense pose! The detail of feathers colours, beak and eye are magnificent!

Stewart M said...

These are great looking birds - I have only seen them once - and I was in a moving car at the time!!

My daughter and I found another big mantis in the garden yesterday - but it shot off before I could get any pictures.

Cheers and thanks for linking to WBW.

Stewart M - Melbourne

Karen said...

Wow, that's such a great shot, and I love the colouring of this bird.

Irma said...

Great picture!
Best wishes, Irma

Anni said...

This image, literally, takes my breath away!!! WoW

Unknown said...

Great close up!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.

Unknown said...

Gorgeous shot! Beautiful colours on his head.

TheChieftess said...

What a great shot!!! It amazes me how close you can get to capture these shots!!!

Debbie said...

talk about evil eye, WoW!!

Kenneth Cole Schneider said...

Great shot, Brian. It almost looks more like the "Bronzed Grackle" we had back in Texas and New Mexico rather than our Florida "Purple Grackles."

Anonymous said...

Amazing shot! I love how clear that eye is.

Faye said...

Don't you wish you could master that stare? :-) Could you tell what had its attention? But never mind what, it kept him still long enough for you to get this personality-filled closeup.