# Black-headed Grosbeak

**URL:** <https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/black-headed-grosbeak/50791>\
**Category:** Image Critiques\
**Tags:** birds\
**Created:** [May 12, 2026, 9:33pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/black-headed-grosbeak/50791 "2026-05-12T21:33:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Allen\_Brooks](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/allen_brooks/32/390_2.png) [@Allen\_Brooks](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Allen_Brooks)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 9:33pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/black-headed-grosbeak/50791/1 "2026-05-12T21:33:20Z")

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![Black-headed Grosbeak-NPN.jpg](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/3/1/31bf5d7c279adb09d223dc1caf8eb205822e632d.jpeg)

> **Critique Style Requested:** _Standard_
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> The photographer is looking for generalized feedback about the aesthetic and technical qualities of their image.

### Description

Sometimes the birds do cooperate and show up in a nice setting like this.

### Specific Feedback

Any thoughts appreciated.

### Technical Details

Canon R5; 100-500 at 500 mm; 1/1000 at f7.1; ISO 1600

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**Author:** ![David\_Schoen](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/david_schoen/32/368_2.png) [@David\_Schoen](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/David_Schoen)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 10:13pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/black-headed-grosbeak/50791/2 "2026-05-12T22:13:50Z")

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This is quite a pleasing portrait of this black headed, grosbeak . I like the environment with plenty of nice greenery and a reasonable depth of field. Sharpness and detail are good. This is one of the more colorful words that I get to see in my neck of the woods.

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**Author:** ![santhru](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/santhru/32/86008_2.png) [@santhru](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/santhru)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 9:30am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/black-headed-grosbeak/50791/3 "2026-05-13T09:30:34Z")

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Feels refreshing to see the bird in its fine detail and the greenary of the tree as a foreground.

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**Author:** ![Dennis\_Plank](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dennis_plank/32/27033_2.png) [@Dennis\_Plank](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dennis_Plank)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 2:46pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/black-headed-grosbeak/50791/4 "2026-05-13T14:46:31Z")

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What a lovely frame, Allen. While the Grosbeak is the obvious star of the show, the surrounds are very beautiful in and of themselves. The only very, very small nit I could come up with in this image is that the bokeh in the upper third of the image, particularly the left side, feels just a touch crunchy. A tiny bit of softening in that area might make a difference, though I was viewing it from a rather disrespectfully close distance.