Cedar Waxwing

[Michael Lotito]

Canon 7D With EF 500mm F4 and 1.4 tc
1/640 sec, F 7.1, ISO 400 From Tripod

The background is an algae covered pond which I like the way it turned out. This is my first encounter with this species. I am very happy with both the back ground and perch. Thanks in advance for any comments both good and bad. They are not camera shy!

Michael Lotito

[Fabs Forns]

Very nice over the shoulder look with good eye contact and catch light. Nicely exposed with clean BG, and good placement in the frame. Good job!

[Tony Whitehead]

Excellent result, Michael. BG, light and pose are all beautiful. The red channels is clipping on the wax spots and the yellow tail tip and addressing this may bring a bit more detail into these areas. Educational resources has some good thread covering these issues.

[Arno Ellmer]

Superb capture,Mike ! I particularly like the sharpness ,contrasting colours ,posture of the bird and the smooth bg.

[Grace Scalzo]

Fine image, Michael! I have seen it before :) and gave it a 10. Really like the look back pose and smooth background.

[thijs broekkamp]

Beautiful bird and nice clean background.

[Gal Shon]

Light,pose and look, BG, Comp and IQ are very good.
I would remove the two small catchlight and leave only the big one in the middle.

[Sid Garige]

Beautiful image. Great look back with eye contact.

[Arthur Morris]

Welcome. Sweet BKGR and over-the-shoulder pose with enough d-o-f. Big time welcome and thanks a ton for your membership support :)

[Dick Glover]

This is terrific. It is not easy to make a fine image like this of this species. Welcome.

[Gen Benjamin]

Hi Mike
Great to see you posting here. I have also seen the image before and gave it a 10 as well.
Gen;)

[Kiran Poonacha]

cool looking bird this, nice light, details and BG...

[bastien_juif]

nice light, Nice shoot!