Cedar Waxwings

A large group of these waxwings converged on my holly bush for a meal of the read berries. I don't normally see these birds here in Atlanta.
Sony A100, 500mm lens, iso 200, 1/80, f6.3 on a very cloudy, gloomy afternoon. Comments wecome.

Looks a little soft but you can't beat that composition if you would have placed them there yourself!

Thanks Eric, the light was terriable. I really needed to bump the iso up to 400, but on this camera there is so much noise at 400, I just decided to slow the shutter and set the iso to 200 to try to eliminate some noise. I didn't see anything else I could do. Hopefully they will come back on a sunny day or at least one with just a bit of a overcast. I will try to sharpen again and see how that works.

Jackie,

It looks pretty good to me. Maybe some additional sharpening might help make the edges pop.

Re: ISO and sharpness: I will always accept some noise @ a higher ISO in favor of critical sharpness if faced with a similar decision. There are many very good noise reduction plug-ins and software that can eliminate excessive noise at higher ISOs, but soft edges due to subject or camera movement are image killers.

Jackie I agree with Eric and Richard it's a good looking shot but the softness really hurts it.

Jackie, you might want to take a look at NoiseWare. I love it. You just install it as a plug-in and then push the button. No settings, nothing.

Waxwings are georgous. I hope they come down here in a month or so.