Cedar Waxwings

Gallery: AvianPosted March 29, 20183,277 views5 comments

I had really overcast light for this so I had to do a lot of highlight and shadow adjustments etc to try and make it work. This was part of a huge flock of these, probably 75 or so that stayed for only a few seconds and were gone. I have a shot of 14 on this same branch but some were oof and looking in different directions etc.

Thanks for looking, comments & suggestions are always appreciated!
Large image provided for best detail.
Canon 70D
Sigma 150 – 600 C @ 293mm
1/4000
f/8 Aperture Priority
ISO 640 HH
Processed RAW image with Lightroom & Photoshop

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on March 29, 2018 at 8:29 PM

Really sweet job on this one, Steve. It's so difficult to make a group shot work, but this one does for me. The grouping of four then the lone flying bird balance each other nicely. Well done.

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Comment posted by Wayne Jones on March 29, 2018 at 10:50 PM

Your processing certainly was successful -- looks great. The group of 5 including one taking off makes an interesting composition. Nice catch.

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Comment posted by David Schoen on March 30, 2018 at 11:50 AM

Well composed. I really like the distribution of the birds on the tree and the single bird flying away. Good job on the processing. Despite having some berries around my area, I've only seen one of these at my house in 15 years.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on March 30, 2018 at 6:39 PM

That's a really cool group shot Steve, you got good eye contact from all of them and nice to have the one bird departing. devil

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Comment posted by Lucy Aron on April 4, 2018 at 12:21 PM

Strong composition, esp nice with the four perched birds seemingly looking at the one taking off.

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