Berry thieves

[dankearl]

A juvenile Waxwing, one of hundreds that invade my yard each fall to gorge themselves.
Beautiful "plastic" looking birds though.
1/800
f5.6
420mm (300 w/ 1.4tc)
iso500

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[Randy Stout]

Dan:

Your bird is sharp, well exposed, nice pop of color on tail feathers.

Wish the head was a bit more towards us. Might try to tone down the bright spots in the background a bit, as well as the brighter leaves along his perch, top left.

Cheers

Randy

[Stu Bowie]

Dan, good detail on the waxwing, sharp, and certainly lots of colours to look at. I agree, toning down the brighter areas will work.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Berry thieves..I like that! Great look at his youngster that still hasn't got its' "waxwings" Great to have it in close range to berries...it's preferred habitat! A better HA would have been especially good, and that would also have helped with the illumination of the face with the light coming from the right.