Pretty bird, Pretty bird

this is 100% totally untouched out of the camera. been a long time

since I posted on photo.net but this shot made me even cough up

the money to become a member so I could submit

Lovely and unusual bird. Nicely captured. You might play with the crop a little more and I would suggest cloning out the spider web and possibly the verical branch(both below the birds and the one coming out of the head).

I agree with Charles, I think a vertical crop and getting rid of the vertical twig below and possibly the top one as well Would make this already very good picture even better. Pretty bird indeed, I like the soft transition in the color of the plumage.

Beautiful nature capture. I agree with the above friends. Congrats.

Beautiful shot, lovely birds and composition. would agree re the spiders web but appreciate you have done nothing to this photo. Would love to know what the birds are. Kind regards Louise

Best regards Leonard!

PDE

L.J.,

Very nice composition you've caught here!

Love the looking in opposite directions that really highlights their markings. Very nice lighting too!

Regards always,

Jim j.

These are cedar waxwings.  Waxwings have the most incredibly intricate and beautiful feather structure when examined up close.  Waxwings are one of the very few species that will feed berries to its young; most birds (even if they eat berries as adults) will feed the young more nutritious insects.  If you're going for aesthetics, I'd agree with the suggestions to crop one or two twig ends along with the spider web.  If you're going straight from the camera, you've got it nicely.