cedar waxwing

[Dave Slaughter]

cedar waxwing with berry.
It would have been better to have got the whole bird in the frame but he was very close. I cropped some of the sides of the photo off but the vertical dimension is pretty much as shot. Canon Xti, sigma 170-500 lens at f7.1
1/160 sec
ISO 400

[Katie Rupp]

Hi Dave, you have a very pretty bird there, good head angle and nice feather detail around the face. Too bad about the tail, I usually have problems because the birds are too far away!

[Lance Peters]

HI Dave - Nice bird - lovely colours- like the action.

I think the general rule with this is - Dont clip any part of the bird - If you have to make it a deliberate CUT. So I think I would recrop it with a delibrate CUt to make it look as though you meant to have it this way.

I would also sharoen the eye.

lance

[Alfred Forns]

I don't mind the tail all that much since its a deliberate cut ( I think :) ) but I do have to get you for the foot !!! Clipping a foot ..... OH My God !!!!!

Pose is good and got a reasonable bg .... soft light would have been your other good thing to have. btw these birds are difficult to make super sharp, there is something about the feathers !!!

[Desmond Chan]

Lucky you..got a cedar waxwing in clear sight. Good capture!

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Beautiful bird - Agree with Lance and Mr Al about the crop issues!!

[Nonda Surratt]

Wow a Cedar that is so close it doesn't all fit in the frame?!!!

Lovely bird and the berry is a very nice touch!!!

[Harold Davis]

good looking bird!! i personally would loosen the crop a little. nice having the berry in its beek!

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Great composition and head angle.