Backyard Waxwing

[Seoonmie]

Days have turned wet and dreary, it seems like a long time to go to proper winter... here's a little memory from last February. Some unexpected visitors in the backyard tree.

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

Clone out the two blurred spots at the upper edge, lighten up the shadows, and you'll have a winner. Nice composition, and it is almost an action shot

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

Nicer than any I have gotten of birds.
And Slobodan has good suggestions (as usual).

[Christoph C. Feldhaim]

Nicer than any I have gotten of birds.
And Slobodan has good suggestions (as usual).

Now go and slobodize it !

[AFairley]

Now go and slobodize it !

+1 

Seriously, I really like the dynamism of the "pose," a lot of perched bird shots can look sort of static.

[Christoph C. Feldhaim]

+1 

Seriously, I really like the dynamism of the "pose," a lot of perched bird shots can look sort of static.

Looks a bit like a bird of prey ...

[Seoonmie]

Thank you all for your nice comments. You know, I actually feel the same way about most bird photography as AFairley. That's why I left the blurred berries in, to give the picture even more depth.

[francois]

Thank you all for your nice comments. You know, I actually feel the same way about most bird photography as AFairley. That's why I left the blurred berries in, to give the picture even more depth.

Those blurred berries don't bother me at all. It's a wonderful shot and I like the attitude of the bird. You can be proud!

[brandtb]

The view is not so great of the Waxwing itself...a bit hard to tell what it is because its head is buried...the nearly oblique wing/tail not helping either...the feeling and color is nice though

[Seoonmie]

Francois, thank you so much! Brandt, I appreciate your opinion even if I don't agree with you on this one.

[Seoonmie]

Well, I thought that once I'm at it I might just as well post a couple more.

Here's another "action" shot:

Now some comments mentioned the need to see the bird in a more "traditional" bird photography-like pose. Sorry, it doesn't get more portrayish than this (shot on another day, hence the clear sky).

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

After seeing more shots, my original comment still stands: they are underexposed.