Cedar Waxwing juvenile with Honeysuckle Berry

[Bill Dix]

Funny thing about photography is that it often looks static, in this case almost as if the bird were posing. In truth, there is only a split-second from the time the bird plucks the berry until it is down the hatch. From my backyard in early October. Essentially full height cropped from horizontal.

D7200, 500f4 + 1.4 TC, ISO 2500, 1/1000s @ f/6.3 manual; fill @ -2.0.

[William Dickson]

Very well captured, the perfect moment. I like the BG, great DOF. Nice detail on the bird and the perch.

Will

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Couldn't ask for better timing, Bill. Right type of berried plant in your backyard, right time of year for leaves just starting to change color, and a CEDW to land and give you the ideal pose with berry in beak . Well done.

Geoffrey




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[Colin Driscoll]

Lovely shot Bill and that background is really good.

[Michael Thompson]

Nice capture of the action, yeah they can gulp down the berries quickly, nice job freezing time! great perch, colors, sharpness

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Bill, a perfect image to fit the theme, and I do like the show off pose with the berry in the beak. Good DOF on the bird, and the surrounding foliage where it is perched. Nicely separated from the BG too.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image of with superb pose with food in the beak, beautiful red berries, color pallet and superb details.


Regards,
Satish.

[Bill Dix]

Thanks everyone.