Bohemian Waxwing

[dhfreriks]

Hi all,
Here's a shot of a Bohemian Waxwing from last winter taken in northern Wisconsin. comments appreciated.


Rebel XTi
Canon 500mm IS + 1.4 ex
ISO 200
1/200 sec at f6.3
Exposure + 1/3

[James Salywoda]

A lovely comp I like the position of the bird in the frame also maybe a touch more sharpening could be added. Well Done!

[Daniel Cadieux]

Beautiful bird on a beautiful perch. The OOF berries near the head are distracting. I find the saturation, especially the reds, a little much. Hope some of these guys come over this way this winter again!

[Maxis Gamez]

Very cool pose and colors. This image can use some extra sharpening. The reds looks fine to me.

[Juan Aragonés]

Terrific BG and fantastic light. I like a lot the bird pose and the composition and I only suggest to clone out the berries near the head (I agree with daniel) and another round of USM to the bird would improve the image for web presentaion.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the pose and perch and agree on more sharpening of the bird.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I had to take another look...and I still think the reds are too much. Here I've lightened the image and reduced the red saturation by 20 points. It now looks more like what I am used to with these guys. The face was especially too strong, and the berries too "bright-red". It's pretty subjective of course, and if I'm wrong let me have it!!:)

[Linda Robbins]

Great pose and I especially like the eye highlight. The berries are so pretty, and I actually like the oof berries near the head as a repeating element. I agree that the original post looks oversaturated, but I think about the middle of the two posts would be just right. Nice capture.