Juvenile Cedar Waxwing.

[Karl Egressy]

I took this shot towards the end of last year, while waiting for a flight shot chance of my favorite RTHA perching nearby.
Thanks for looking.

Canon 1D MIV
Canon 400 f5.6 L
Manual Exposure
F 6.3
1/2000 s
ISO 1250

[Satish Ranadive]

Magnificent image.Love the pose with berry in the beak,superb sharpness,nice lights,color and interesting perch.
I like the composition too.

Regards,
Satish.

[Nick Palmieri]

Nice job on the bird and great bonus with the berry in his mouth. I'm a little distracted by the branch on the top left but easy fix if you choose to do so. Very nice pose.

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Karl,

I agree with the comments above. Nice detail, good light, and great pose.

I do see the background as a bit of a distraction, and I think it would be less so if the berries in it were more uniformly distributed. I wish the perch were a bit cleaner, but you did mention this wasn't the shot you were after (I'd love to see the in flight shot!)

Miguel

[Sidharth Kodikal]

This is such a sweet image, Karl. I like so many things about it.
The light is gorgeous, the comp is perfect and so is the eye contact. I love the food and a clear view of the mouth.
Love the oof berries in the bg, and the stems without the berries tell a story :)
Wouldn't change a thing here.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Karl, you can clearly see this guy is posing for you - beak full of berry too. Great that the perch is angled diagonally, and although the bird is framed between the two perches, I would remove the one on top. Im fine with the OOF berries in the BG.

[dankearl]

I would remove the branch, but it is a really colorful image to view on a Gray winter day!

[Mike Milicia]

If I had an opportunity for images like this, I would soon forget about the hawk!
Very interesting to see a juvenile. Perfect pose with the berry and wonderful perch and BG.
All of the empty berry stems help to tell the story.

[Karl Egressy]

Hi Karl, you can clearly see this guy is posing for you - beak full of berry too. Great that the perch is angled diagonally, and although the bird is framed between the two perches, I would remove the one on top. Im fine with the OOF berries in the BG.

Thanks Stuart, thank you all.
Here is one without the branch.

[Sachin Saraf]

With or without branch in BG this is a superb image...many of us wait and try to get one such image of CWW with berry and you get this as a chance image...Lucky you..

[wendell westfall]

Nice image, as is . . . I have a lot of waxwing images but have yet to capture the classic "with berry pose".

[PhilCook]

Repost is better with the branch gone, like the scattering of oof berries behind and of course one in mouth is a great bonus, maybe a touch more sharpen to head only

[Arthur Morris]

Liked the repost so much that I took five minutes to clean up the llc with a small crop, several Q masks, and some Clone Stamp work.

[Arthur Morris]

Yup, the clutter in the llc and the white lichens really grabbed the viewer's eye....

[Karl Egressy]

Liked the repost so much that I took five minutes to clean up the llc with a small crop, several Q masks, and some Clone Stamp work.

Thanks for your time, Artie. Your version looks excellent, I like it.

[gail bisson]

Hi Karl,
I am a bit late to the party but when I looked at the OP my first thought was - lose the top branch. As I scrolled down I saw your repost and it is terrific!
I just love the pop of red from the berries scattered throughout the BG.
Terrific IQ and HA and body angle.
Congrats on a terrific shot,
Gail

[Arthur Morris]

Thanks for your time, Artie. Your version looks excellent, I like it.

You are most welcome. It was a great image to begin with; we just made it a bit better.