First Posting Bohemian Waxwing

[Mike Veltri]

Shot in some rather harsh noon day light.

Canon 30D - 500mm f/4 - 1/1250 - f/5.6 - ISO 200 - with 1.4x @ 700mm Hand Held

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Hi Mike,
welcome to BPN,nice first post,I really like pose,colors and bg,I would prefer a better head turn!

[Robert O'Toole]

Welcome Mike!

I am with Manos, very nice first post! You did a very good job on the exposure.

I agree with his comments also. A better head angle would improve the image a lot.

Robert

[Glenn Bartley]

Welcome to BPN. A nice first post. I would like a better head tern and some more room in front of the bird. I would also strongly suggest using a tripod for that added sharpness and feather detail.

Look forward to seeing more.

[Robert Amoruso]

Wow, another Waxwing. I love them. Great looking image and nice first post. Nit on the head turn mentioned. Critical focus is on the body and not the head. Try for the head-turns and focus on the eye. Use a smaller aperture to get a bit more DOF to get the body in focus.

[Grady Weed]

Robert covered it all. Welcome to BPN.