by Dennis Plank
Where I was photographing Eagles, the highway crossed a small estuary on a viaduct. The landward side of the viaduct was grown up with mostly weedy species, but it included two healthy and berry laden Serviceberries (also known as shadbush, shadwood or shadblow, sarvisberry, or just sarvis, wild pear, juneberry, saskatoon, sugarplum or wild-plum, and chuckley pear (thank you wikipedia)). The scientific name is Amelanchier. These two bushes were a magnet for quite a group of Cedar Waxwings, and while waiting for the tide to go out far enough for the eagles and herons to get interested, I spent quite a bit of time photographing them. I liked this one for the way it showed off the prolific berry crop.
7Dii, 500mm f4 ISL + 1.4TC, Jobu Gimbal on RRS legs, f/7.1, 1/1000, iso 500, aperture priority, pattern metering with no compensation. Processed in LR5 & CS6. Cropped to 7.2MP. Taken July 1st at 6:16 am.
Thanks for all the comments on the Eagle series, and I'd appreciate any input on this image.
As always, please view the larger image for best detail.
Comments
6 commentsI like the image of the waxwing but do wish the tip of its beak was not covered. A minor thing. Thanks for sharing.
Waxwings are really quite photogenic and you showed this nicely here. Great detail and colors. Background compliments the bird quite well. Very nice habitat shot.
Nice lighting and great bird in habitat composition. Love seeing this waxwing amidst this sea of Amelanchier berries. The background is very complimentary to the color of the bird.
Well seen and nicely shown ! Very nice framing Dennis! Cheers, Hans
Nice capture of the Waxwing in it's habitat Dennis. I think they are very cool birds, I wish would run across a flock of them. The berries are a nice touch.
Hey Dennis,
Sweet shot with great detail in the subject, really nice environment and perfect background. I would be tempted to clone out the one branch covering the tip of the beak if this were mine.
Well done . . .