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Another Waxwing.. (+ Repost)

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Posted by Brett Lewis on January 7, 2009 at 10:30 AM
I folks, tried to post this and made a real hash of trying to get the processing right on my laptop.. Came out very very dark.. Really quite bizarre.

Anyway, wanted to get something slightly different from the waxwings in my area. I know I have shots very similar to a number of people who have also got these birds at the same site. So, without trying to bore you to bits with these birds, here is one of my interpretations.. Again, very low light conditions and hard to get these birds still enough for long enough..!

Kind regards,

Brett :cool:

Canon 30D, Sig. 300mm f2.8 + 1.4x, 1/100 @ f5.6, Benro tripod
Processed and crop in PS
Posted by David Sewell on January 7, 2009 at 10:40 AM
Nice shot, Brett. It looks OK on my monitor now. :biggrin:

David
Posted by Lea Roberts on January 7, 2009 at 10:58 AM
nice one mate, looks ok on mine aswell :toast:
Posted by Gary Beers on January 7, 2009 at 12:36 PM
a beautiful portrait....
Posted by Alan Bryant on January 7, 2009 at 12:50 PM
Very nice image :cool:

Tho i would crop this in closer to fill the frame more.

Processing looks A-OK from here :toast:
Posted by jack chapman on January 7, 2009 at 1:13 PM
lovely image the pose and perch are great, for me it looks very dull though, would increase the contrast and saturation, also the head doesn't look 100% sharp, seems like the tail is what's in focus, great image aside from that
Posted by Bertl Menegoni on January 7, 2009 at 1:19 PM
Lovely pose, nice head turn,
I like the BG.
Bertl :wavey:
Posted by Magnus Hird on January 7, 2009 at 2:22 PM
Looks great to me Brett - you've captured my favourite bits of these birds - the white/yellow/red patterned bits. Nice BG too. Can't believe its sat still on top of those bunches of berries though! :biggrin:
Posted by John Robinson on January 7, 2009 at 2:48 PM
Good Waxwing shot and slightly different.
A larger crop may bring out any slightly OOF areas.
Cheers
JR
Posted by Colin Crowdey on January 7, 2009 at 3:15 PM
you can tell it's very low light conditions, but it works for me, I like it, very simple pose, works very well, well captured

cheers

Colin
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on January 7, 2009 at 3:38 PM
Very nicely composed picture and lovely pose :smile:
Posted by tony flashman on January 7, 2009 at 3:50 PM
Think I might of been inclined to lose the lower branch of prunes.....I mean berries, Its a lovely shot though with a great pose.

Tony :toast: :toast:
Posted by Greg Hitchcock on January 7, 2009 at 3:55 PM
Very nice, nice to see one more serene rather than gobbling berries. I would crop from the right, I think this would suit a tall-thin framing with the bird central.

Greg
Posted by Lee Newman on January 7, 2009 at 4:11 PM
A great image. I think its the perfect perch for this bird.

Lee
Posted by Danny Green on January 7, 2009 at 5:39 PM
Great shot Brett stunning birds these.

Danny :toast: :toast:
Posted by Brett Lewis on January 8, 2009 at 6:23 AM
Thank you folks, some good ideas which I will have a play around with. I think I can probably make more of this on my main computer so will re process there and see how I get on. Thanks for taking the time.

Kind regards,

Brett :toast:
Posted by Ben Simmonds on January 8, 2009 at 1:32 PM
really well taken the fact that it is isolated in the frame makes the shot shame the light wasnt better but then it is rare in the UK
Posted by Brett Lewis on January 8, 2009 at 8:10 PM
Just thought I'd have a quick tweak of the above post, I think it's improved but I still need to look at the original.. Cheers folks..

Brett