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Daniel Cadieux
02-13-2019, 07:41 PM
These guys can be crazy tame, and this individual allowed a close enough approach to create a few nicely detailed portraits as it twirled seeds around its tongue. They crush berries to get to the seeds inside, leaving the fruit pulp behind, hence their more often than not messy appearance.

Canon 7DII + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC III, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/400s., f/13, ISO 1600, natural light, handheld, about 75% FF, some eye work.
Juan Tolentino
02-13-2019, 08:05 PM
Hello Daniel,

Excellent detail on this portrait. Lovely colors on both the bird and the background. TFS.
Krishna Prasad kotti
02-13-2019, 08:14 PM
Excellent Details in the bird. I like the background as well.

You got really close as well. Did you put some seeds etc or they generally allow you to come this close ?

These birds are not generally that tame in Utah unless its a backyard feeder setups...
Isaac Grant
02-13-2019, 11:24 PM
For so many reasons this photo makes me angry at you. So many! Looks great Dan :S3:
John Mack
02-14-2019, 04:55 PM
Looks great. Not often that you see portraits of small birds like this. Love that background.
Daniel Cadieux
02-14-2019, 08:36 PM
Thanks guys!!

Krishna, these guys were hanging out in ornamental crabapple trees in a local park and couldn't care less about the presence of people. So fun!

Hey Isaac, I understand man...just switch to Canon and this can all be possible!:t3
Dorian Anderson
02-15-2019, 12:32 AM
Beauty for sure! The soft pink BG is perfect. You must have right on top of these guys for f/13 to yield such great detail and smooth BG.

I've only shot these guys once. They were gorging on berries and I was able to roll right up on them. It was fun.
Ivan Sjogren
02-15-2019, 04:12 AM
Really, really good Daniel! Alert pose with good eye contact, great BG and beautiful details. Interesting to see the tongue too!
Arthur Morris
02-15-2019, 11:35 AM
KIller good photo and BKGR. Were they drunk?

with love, artie
Alex Becker
02-15-2019, 11:56 AM
This is awesome. I love these types of headshots. Great BG, colors, and I love the berries. Details look awesome. TFS
Daniel Cadieux
02-15-2019, 12:24 PM
KIller good photo and BKGR. Were they drunk?

with love, artie

They did not appear to be. Although very approachable they were quite alert and flighty whenever the presence of a raptor or shrike appeared. I hope to one day witness that condition with berry-eating birds, I've heard that waxwings are especially susceptible to that.