single photos Feeding Frenzy in our back yard, cedar waxwing

What do you think about this backyard shot?

That is easily one of the best "backyard" shots I've seen. Nicely composed, and the textures feel wonderful.

 

Michael

 

I must agree with the previous review - this is very well done! Congrats on a great image!

Amazing! Would you mind telling us a little bit more about the equipment, film, etc?

... here is the story for the photograph above:

 

One morning before I went to work I was looking outside the kitchen window and noticed quite a lot of these birds in the backyard. The bush with the red berries outside was literally raped by the birds and they managed to strip it off the red berries in a matter of half an hour.

 

I took my Canon D30 with the 100-400mm 4.5-5.6f USM IS zoom lens (which is by the way one amazing piece of glass) and went outside.

Of course I chased the birds away and had to wait for a few minutes before the brave ones returned. A few minutes later the whole flock was feeding on the berries again and I got some really good shots. All shots are handheld (thanks to the image stabilization of the lens).

I liked the one above the most because of the shallow depth of field and nice blurry blue background. I actually also sent the photograph to http://www.ezprints.com and they produced an amazing 16x20 from the picture above.

I looked at this shot and smiled immediately. This shot is top notch, and I envy anybody who has such an opportunity as you did here. You've outdone any magazine picture I've ever seen. Keep up the good work!

Beautiful shot. Great texture and dof... Blue background is so rich and saturated...it works so well to bring the foreground into such a strong reality...

fantastic! The colours, detail & clarity are truly enviable - well done!

This is really fine--one of the best photos I've seen on this site. I'm jealous.

good composition, color, details, lighting...

all you can ask for...