GULP!

[Daniel Cadieux]

It always amazes me how these Bohemian Waxwings can swallow berries that are seemingly way to big for them!! One of many that this individual did gulp down.

Canon 7D + 100-400L @400mm, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/1600s., f/7.1, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, about 70% FF, magenta cast negated via "color balance" by adding a touch of green.

[Henry Domke]

Nice behavior shot.
Wonderful background.
The bright colors and high contrast of the bird make it "pop"!

[Randy Stout]

Daniel:

Great display of the gobbling behaviour, I agree, how do they do it! I like the little pops of color from the twigs, that match the berry.

I would be tempted to remove the bright twig on the right side of the frame.

Cheers

Randy

[Karl Egressy]

Excellent behaviour image, Daniel. The berry in the beak seeing it from this angle is definitely a great plus.

[dankearl]

Gluttons they certainly are around the berries, and captured well.

[Nick Palmieri]

This guy just pops off the page. very nice job on the bird. Great capture. I think if it were mine I would either eliminate or tone down the twig on the right. TFS

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Dan, the head and gulping behaviour stands out so well in this, and just love the detail and colours in that area of focus. Im fine with the twig on the right, I would have removed the one intersecting the tail.

[Shawn Zierman]

Ugh! These images...a dime a dozen I tell you :)
It's an awesome frame Dan. Very dynamic, captured at the height of the feeding, eye level, great light,
perfect pp...I would not change a thing.

[gail bisson]

I am really enjoying this series Daniel.
Great color scheme going on here. Perfect HA.
Really makes me think of gluttony!
Lovely as is but I vote to trim the branch on the right away,
Gail

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the details, setting, behaviour and BG. Well done Daniel! Are they still around your area now?

[Daniel Cadieux]

Thanks guys! I definitely had my eye on that branch during processing but ultimately found it OK there. The image would look nice without it too...

Jim, these guys have still been reported in the area, but I have not been out in a couple of weeks so I suspect this particular location may be stripped of most of its' fruits! Heading out this upcoming weekend so I'll soon find out