Waxwing

[Ivan Ellison]

You will be fed up of these by the end of the winter as we have had a large influx from Scandanavia- just hope our berries will last as it has been a poor year for a lot of fruit bearing trees.
cropped from portrait straight across the middle into landscape. Hardly anything done to it apart from a little sharpening and a slight tweak to the exposure. One dark black berry cloned out from rhs.
Canon 1DmkIV
Canon 500 f4 is
ISO 800
1/1600
f 4.5


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[Arthur Morris]

Killer sweet. Love the berry, the sharpness, and esp. the position of the bird's head in a clear area. Well done mate.

[Marina Scarr]

Terrific timing, setting and light. Your sharpness is right on the money.

[laurie golden]

It is hard to add anything to Artie's and Marina's comments. I agree with them. I also really like the angle of the wings and tail to give us a good look at those yellow and red accents.

[dankearl]

Very sharp and well done. I might be tempted to get rid of the oof branch above the bird.

[AdityaPadhye]

Cute bird and tack sharp photo.
Some of the berries could do with a tad less saturation?

[Raymond Lee]

Great shot with lovely details! I think it's okay the way it is, but if I were to work on this photo, I would try to remove that branch on the left.

[gary ellwein]

A beautiful bird well presented. The berry kicks it up a notch. If it were mine I'd experiment cleaning up the bg.

[John Cooper]

A great composition of the Waxwing feeding Ivan - the clarity is just outstanding..!!

[Ivan Ellison]

Thanks for all your comments.

[christopher galeski]

very nice capture,well sharp,nice light.thanks.

[Simon Wantling]

Great capture Ivan. great detail of a wonderful bird. I'll be heading out this weekend trying to find them in Northamptonshire.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Classic Bohemian Waxwing pose, great light too. Love the eye and the tongue touching the berry. I'm OK with the branch at left, just too bad the leaf had to be so close to the subject's head.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Great light and colorw as well as super sharpness. Always love to see the berry in the mouth too

[Satish Ranadive]

Fabulous image.Very nice pose,beautiful colors and great details.Love it.Would like to see without OOF branches.

Regards,
Satish.