Cedar Waxwings :)

Before going to my regular car check up I decided to drive around a trail and I might have found my own version of "bird paradise". I was really suprised to see the variety of birds in a very small place. I will be posting them when I get more decent pics. I will be going back to that place when I have more time.

Here are some, found a couple of cedar waxwings resting in branch. I had to use a slower shutter speed in some of the shots because there are in a very shaded area. A few shots I was lucky enough the cedar waxwing landed on a branch that had some sunlight.


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No. 3 is definitely my favourite, Jo, but I like the whole set. They are such beautiful birds.

Congrats on the waxwings, Jo, they must be taking over the country! I like your last one best, wiht the light on him.

Good for you for connecting with these beauties; well done.
Al

Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #14494334
No. 3 is definitely my favourite, Jo, but I like the whole set. They are such beautiful birds.

Thanks Levina, yes with their very groomed feathers, they are really beautiful. I think they are the 'cats' amongst birds

Wallace River wrote in post #14494554
Congrats on the waxwings, Jo, they must be taking over the country! I like your last one best, wiht the light on him.

Thanks Ian, you know I wouldn't mind seeing them everywhere, specially in my backyard

CDMOOSE wrote in post #14494992
Good for you for connecting with these beauties; well done.
Al

Thanks Al, appreciate the kind words

Great set JO. AWESOME.

CDMOOSE wrote in post #14494992
Good for you for connecting with these beauties; well done.
Al

AGree!

These are great Jo, they're the coolest looking birds.

Very nice indeed, amazing looking birds.

Congrats on the great trail find Joe. Based upon this series of a quite lovely bird, I look forward to more from it.

Pretty shots of pretty birds Joe... looks like you have found an excellent birding area... the waxwings are one of my favorite birds.

Dave

Peter2516 wrote in post #14496857
Great set JO. AWESOME.

Thank you Peter!

Flo wrote in post #14497942
AGree!

Thanks Gail!

Shar824 wrote in post #14497947
These are great Jo, they're the coolest looking birds.

Thanks Sharon, with that black mask and hair style, I think they are the 'dudes' of birdland

2slo wrote in post #14499187
Very nice indeed, amazing looking birds.

Thanks Mark.

Diamond Lil wrote in post #14499238
Congrats on the great trail find Joe. Based upon this series of a quite lovely bird, I look forward to more from it.

I will be back visit this trail again and hope to get better pics of these beautiful avian specie

dbriz wrote in post #14499457
Pretty shots of pretty birds Joe... looks like you have found an excellent birding area... the waxwings are one of my favorite birds.

Dave

Thanks Dave, same here, just love their silky smooth feather. Wish I can see some bohemians too!

Good shots Jo,
You ask for comments, so here goes, hope its ok
Watch out for overexposure. How do you measure your light, and what mode do you shoot in?
Do you use highlight alert? expose so you just barely see any clipping, this way you will have more dynamic width left.
Other than that, I think you have done a great job, focus is spot on on all but the last one.. EXIF data would be helpfull to leave in the images..

Best
Thomas

Great stuff. Gotta love those smooth waxwings
You did very well capturing the tail coloring.

dioladetus wrote in post #14500110
Good shots Jo,
You ask for comments, so here goes, hope its ok
Watch out for overexposure. How do you measure your light, and what mode do you shoot in?
Do you use highlight alert? expose so you just barely see any clipping, this way you will have more dynamic width left.
Other than that, I think you have done a great job, focus is spot on on all but the last one.. EXIF data would be helpfull to leave in the images..

Best
Thomas

Hi Thomas, I love your work and any comments from you is a compliment . I always shoot in raw and manual mode. I do use highlight alert, but only when I remember it LoL . In most cases, I just look at the exposure level indicator very quickly. In a lot of cases, the bird is gone by the time I adjusted the shutter speed or aperture or ISO. It's something I need to master and hopefully I am getting better at it. I was intentionally over exposing the bird by a third because they were in a very shaded branch but unfortunately, the area or parts of the bird that had some sunlight on, was overexposed hence lost the details.

I thought I have been keeping the EXIF intact, thanks for letting me know (I don't have a viewer on my browser).

jhayesvw wrote in post #14500219
Great stuff. Gotta love those smooth waxwings
You did very well capturing the tail coloring.

Thanks Jeremy, amazing how these birds accentuate themselves, wish humans can do it also, naturally