Contortionist Bohemian Waxwing.

[Daniel Cadieux]

These guys will twist and turn in every way imaginable to get to berries. This one seems to have gone a bit overboard for what appears to be an easy to reach berry, but oh well, it made for a fun photo! I keot the ISO relatively high even in good light and glad I did as they can twist in pretty fast movements!

Canon 7D + 100-400L @400mm, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/1600s., f/7.1, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, ~80% FF.


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[Randy Stout]

Daniel:
Look like he is going for style points!

Nicely exposed, good BG, good timing.

Might be fun to do a little pruning of non essential twigs, like the one i the middle of his tail, and perhaps the one in front arching up towards his breast.

Cheers

Randy

[Marina Scarr]

What a hysterical pose, Daniel. I am not much on "pruning," but agree with Randy on the twig in the middle of the tail.

[Shawn Zierman]

Fantastic composition!
Love the pose and lucky you to shoot this action eye level with such a nice warm bg...
Everything "flows" nicely here, so I see no reason to prune anything. Looks like a young
bird as the wax on the wings has not come in yet...

[gail bisson]

This one made me smile!
Love the pose.
Well done,
Gail
Another vote for a bit of pruning but not a deal breaker for me.

[Nick Palmieri]

This pose is so different and so cool. Agree that pruning would improve this but just a "fun" image as you pointed out. TFS

[Karl Egressy]

Great pose captured against pleasing complimentary background, Daniel. If you ar OK with cloning, I would clone out the granch being too close to the breast of the bird.

[Robert Holguin]

Terrific shot!!
What an unusual pose. Excellent timing, great comp, nice light, and wonderful background.
Very well done.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Amazing shot, Daniel. what a pose. loved the sharp bird and the fact that we can see in the eye in this pose.