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Normcar · Jun 13, 2004, 9:12 PM

I spent the afternoon photographing cedar waxwings at my favorite waxwing spot. Here are4 small croppings:

One

Two

Three

Four

jazcan · Jun 13, 2004, 9:56 PM

Wow, great shots!

I especially like #4:-)

photosbyvito · Jun 13, 2004, 9:59 PM

very nice norm

i like the first and the last...that is one cool looking bird....you have good taste...this was one bird i wanted to see SOO badly, when i would try to identify birds with my friend....but never managed to find one....

anyway...beautiful birds

nice shots....nice and sharp

Guitarman · Jun 13, 2004, 10:39 PM

I'm like Vito, I've never seen one of these, but they sure are a pretty bird. Just look at all the different colors on them! I think I like the 4th one the best, but they are all nice shots!

geoffs · Jun 14, 2004, 12:14 AM

Very nice shots, Norm! Like vito, I like shots #1 and #4 the best.

Vito: Waxwings are pretty birds. They are funny too - in wintertime you can often find flocks of them on Mountain Ash trees because the trees' fruit (which stays on all winter) has fermented and they love them. Eventually some of them get a bit punchy from eating fermented berries and I have even seen them falling out of the Mountain Ash trees!

photosbyvito · Jun 14, 2004, 12:16 AM

hahahahaha!! really? birds getting drunk....never thought i'd see the day.....how sad wat the world is coming to! lol!

geoffs · Jun 14, 2004, 12:24 AM

Well, I think the birds have been getting drunk for longer than we humans have. I'm sure that they, like us, get hangovers too :?

Frank Doorhof · Jun 14, 2004, 1:48 AM

They are beautiful, nice angles and great detail.
Well done.

Greetings,
Frank

ohenry · Jun 14, 2004, 8:20 AM

Well done, Norm. I think 1 & 2 are cropped a bit too closely, but the other two are done well. Your backgrounds are a bit hot in the first two, as well. Thought: Have you considered using fill flash on the birds to bring out their detail? I keep telling myself I'm going to get a Better Beamer. I "think" Eric has one. Perhaps he, or someone else that has one, will shed some light (I know...awful pun) on their value. Again, great captures of a nice bird! BTW, which lens did you use here?

aladyforty · Jun 14, 2004, 9:36 AM

number four does it for me:-)

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Jun 13, 2004, 9:12 PM	#1
Normcar Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 3,748	I spent the afternoon photographing cedar waxwings at my favorite waxwing spot. Here are4 small croppings: One Two Three Four

Jun 13, 2004, 9:56 PM	#2
jazcan Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 371	*Wow, great shots!* *I especially like #4:-)*

Jun 13, 2004, 9:59 PM	#3
photosbyvito Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 5,710	very nice norm i like the first and the last...that is one cool looking bird....you have good taste...this was one bird i wanted to see SOO badly, when i would try to identify birds with my friend....but never managed to find one.... anyway...beautiful birds nice shots....nice and sharp

Jun 13, 2004, 10:39 PM	#4
Guitarman Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 322	I'm like Vito, I've never seen one of these, but they sure are a pretty bird. Just look at all the different colors on them! I think I like the 4th one the best, but they are all nice shots!

Jun 14, 2004, 12:14 AM	#5
geoffs Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 2,025	Very nice shots, Norm! Like vito, I like shots #1 and #4 the best. Vito: Waxwings are pretty birds. They are funny too - in wintertime you can often find flocks of them on Mountain Ash trees because the trees' fruit (which stays on all winter) has fermented and they love them. Eventually some of them get a bit punchy from eating fermented berries and I have even seen them falling out of the Mountain Ash trees!

Jun 14, 2004, 12:16 AM	#6
photosbyvito Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 5,710	hahahahaha!! really? birds getting drunk....never thought i'd see the day.....how sad wat the world is coming to! lol!

Jun 14, 2004, 12:24 AM	#7
geoffs Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 2,025	Well, I think the birds have been getting drunk for longer than we humans have. I'm sure that they, like us, get hangovers too :?

Jun 14, 2004, 1:48 AM	#8
Frank Doorhof Moderator Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 2,320	They are beautiful, nice angles and great detail. Well done. Greetings, Frank

Jun 14, 2004, 8:20 AM	#9
ohenry Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,676	Well done, Norm. I think 1 & 2 are cropped a bit too closely, but the other two are done well. Your backgrounds are a bit hot in the first two, as well. Thought: Have you considered using fill flash on the birds to bring out their detail? I keep telling myself I'm going to get a Better Beamer. I "think" Eric has one. Perhaps he, or someone else that has one, will shed some light (I know...awful pun) on their value. Again, great captures of a nice bird! BTW, which lens did you use here?

Jun 14, 2004, 9:36 AM	#10
aladyforty Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 6,964	number four does it for me:-)