A Bohemian Waxwing seemingly blushes in the cold winter air as it ponders which bush to go raid…
I encountered a huge flock of 100+ of these birds here in Ottawa a couple of weekends ago. Arguably the prettiest “winter” bird we get.
Canon 7D + 100-400L @260mm, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/500s., f/6.3, ISO 800 (settings histogram checked), natural light, handheld, just about FF, a few branches removed at the edges via clone and patch tools, and some others in the center BG toned down via clone tool and dodge tool.
Hi, Daniel. I really like the mood you've created here -- very pleasing. While I do agree about the branch Joe mentioned, I think the image definitely still works. The framing is very nice as well.
Beautiful Daniel. I still don't have a shot of one of these. Ilike the diagonal perch, the snow and the colors of the bird especially that you got the yellow on the tail.
Hi Daniel,
Love the IQ of the bird and the environmental feel but I would definetely clone out the branch going through the bird. My eye keeps going to it. I like the dried up berries and the direct gaze
Gail