Cedar Waxwing 11

Sorry I can't resist posting a second Cedar Waxwing effort this species really got to me they were so photogenic.

Canon 1D3 canon 35mm-350mm hand held ISO 400 270mm f/5.6 1/750 sec whilst hoping around a tree full of last years berries and thirty or so birds determind to clear the berries in record time. It was a pleasure to witness the event.

Critique, Advice, Comment all most welcome.

Thanks for looking.

Andy asked yesterday a question in relation to the back ground. I have added the environment so that you have a clearer understanding of what I was trying to deal with I trust this helps.

Defintely much better then the first image. Lovelt bird and a nice image.
Rene de Heer

A lovely and well composed image of a beautiful bird. Well done.

Hi Barry, well caught. It is a beautiful bird.

You have certainly dealt with the background well, assuming it was the same as in the first shot.

David

Hi Barry, best shot of the waxwings so far.


Mark.G

Like it, the composition is good and thats a nice background, although perhaps some smoothing of the faint lines might help and a slight lift on the shadows of the bird?

Lovely, great pose and composition. On my screen it looks like a slight lift to the shadows might benefit.

Nits re the shadow areas covered. A great looking bird captured with a great pose.

Tony

Good job on isolating the bird against a less than ideal backdrop. A beautiful species to have in your collection