Waxwing

[Ivan Ellison]

A trip out to two venues today produced only very few keepers (some may say this isn't one of them!) Approx 110 birds in Preston was a fine sight to see, only wish we had had some light on the trees and the birds. 20 birds at Barrow , Lancs where this was taken.
Approx 65% crop , lightened exposure slightly, increased clarity and sharpened in ACR. Slight adjustment to shadows , sharpened whole pic twice in PSE10 using unsharp mask.
Canon 1DmkIV
Canon 500 f4 is + 1.4 conv
ISO 800
1/1600
f5.6


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[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Excellent image design and the crest rocks. terrific details and DOF coverage.

If mine, I'd keep a little more room at the top. That will also make the angle appear a bit less steep.

[Lorant Voros]

The bird pops out nicely from the white BG and I love it's pose very much. I agree adding some canvas above to help with the steep shooting angle.

[Melissa Groo]

Great job on your depth of field here, Ivan. And I really like your image design. Only wish the berries weren't cut off. Is a horizontal that includes the whole bunch possible?

[Karl Egressy]

Excellent detai, perch, pose and DOF.

[Ivan Ellison]

Melissa, the orig shot is a portrait and I cant get it to a landscape crop, I have done a square crop and removed some other berries and twigs, dont know if it is better, or if it may be better to clone some berries from the original post to make them a full bunch. Comments appreciated re the re post

[Melissa Groo]

Some may like the more traditional size of the vertical you originally posted, but I prefer your wonderful repost. To me it just gives a more complete and rounded design. Both are lovely but I do think the repost really rocks. Nice job.

[John Cooper]

Hi Ivan, I agree with Melissa re preferring your second post. The square format for this composition works really well for me - a lovelly image.

[Grace Scalzo]

Sweet job on the repost. (There are a couple errant clone marks in the upper right corner). I'd still like to see just a smidge added on top to minimize the steepness. The colors, eye contact, berries, raised crest, all add up to make this an enjoyable image.

[arash_hazeghi]

I much prefer the repost. Excellent details, pose and the berries add more here

[Andrew Merwin]

I also prefer the RP—a most excellent image. The berries add great color & balance to the image. Very well captured.

[Simon Wantling]

Hi Ivan, really nice to see these birds in the UK again. Hope a lot more head south to the Northants area as I've never photographed these. Cracking photo and I actually prefer your repost as well. Never easy shooting against the sky so you've done a great job here.

simon

[Ivan Ellison]

Many thanks to you all for your comments, I too prefer the re post it doesn't look as processed as my original. Hope the birds hang around for a while and some nice weather when I am on my days off next week.

[Shawn Zierman]

Love the raised crest on this bohemian...such a gorgeous bird!
Nice handling of the exposure. The repost is much better from a
compositional viewpoint, and adding more space on top and even
a bit on the bottom, will probably make it even better. This is
a difficult scenario to shoot in and come away with decent images
that don't have steep angles and are relatively "clutter" free.
You've done quite well here imo.

[christopher galeski]

very nice image Ivan,prefer the repost,was there this morning,I only live 20mins away,did not take my camera,light was rubbish,hope to get some tomorrow if light permits.thanks and well done.

[Petros Petrou]

The repost is a much better image! The berries balance nicely with the bird and the branch seperates the image in two almost equal parts! TFS

[Daniel Bailey]

Repost is amazing. What type tree is this?

[Ivan Ellison]

Thanks again for your comments,
The tree is a Rowan tree(Mountain Ash)

[Marina Scarr]

The repost is excellent. The pose, berries and perch all work well. You did a very nice job on sharpening this one.