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Frosty the Waxwing 259/1

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Posted by Ian Macdermott on December 8, 2010 at 12:44 PM
Frosty the Waxwing 259/1
Taken yesterday in my back garden it was freezing fog all day and as dull as ditchwater.

D700
Nikon 300mm 2.8 AFS
1/640 sec at f5.6 ISO 800
Handheld

:toast:

A larger version is on my gallery here http://www.naturephotographers.net/imagecritique/largephoto.cgi?ref=161687
Posted by Mark Green on December 9, 2010 at 4:46 AM
Hi Ian, Love the frost and the waxwing pose. but the BG spoils it a bit for me. dunno its needs something to make it ping. also if we could see the eye a little more to give it some life i think that would help.

Cheers
Mark.G
Posted by Ian Macdermott on December 9, 2010 at 5:20 PM
HI Mark,

thanks for the reply if you looked at the larger picture you would find the eye stands out a lot more :smile: one of the problems with having to post a picture this small .
Posted by Kim Connolly on December 10, 2010 at 2:06 PM
I like this very much - but perhaps I would have cropped a little off the top, you really get the dramatic feel of the cold weather. :toast: