# Yummy!!

**URL:** <https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/yummy/45049>\
**Category:** Image Critiques\
**Tags:** birds\
**Created:** [January 23, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/yummy/45049 "2025-01-23T21:07:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Diane\_Miller](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/diane_miller/32/27391_2.png) [@Diane\_Miller](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Diane_Miller)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/yummy/45049/1 "2025-01-23T21:07:34Z")

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### Description

One of the berry tosses from this winter’s stakeouts at the Hawthorn where I discovered these guys several years ago. It takes them a couple of weeks to clean off the tree and I probably won’t see one again until the next winter.

### Specific Feedback

All comments welcome!

### Technical Details

Canon R5, 100-500 + 2X at 1000mm. ISO 3200, f/13 (wide open), 1/1500 sec.

Shadows/Highlights in LR. Into PS for Topaz Denoise. Cropped from the right for composition, slight softening of a couple of BG areas.

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**Author:** ![Dennis\_Plank](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dennis_plank/32/27033_2.png) [@Dennis\_Plank](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dennis_Plank)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2025, 11:03pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/yummy/45049/2 "2025-01-23T23:03:59Z")

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Very good, Diane. I think you saved the best composition for last with the Waxwing perched right up on top.

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**Author:** ![Glenys\_Passier](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/glenys_passier/32/33963_2.png) [@Glenys\_Passier](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Glenys_Passier)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 5:29am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/yummy/45049/3 "2025-01-24T05:29:59Z")

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Oh! So very Diane! It’s beautiful. Love the bird on top of the mass of berries. Catching the berry in mid flight is the icing on the cake.

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**Author:** ![Kris\_Smith](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/kris_smith/32/59826_2.png) [@Kris\_Smith](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Kris_Smith)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 7:10pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/yummy/45049/4 "2025-01-24T19:10:00Z")

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Classic shot! So wonderful. I see (but more often hear) these guys in summer, especially in the kayak, but they’re so small and skittery that I can’t get near them. Light, pose, perch and action to die for here. Fabulous.

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**Author:** ![Allen\_Sparks](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/allen_sparks/32/63507_2.png) [@Allen\_Sparks](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Allen_Sparks)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 11:14pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/yummy/45049/5 "2025-01-24T23:14:29Z")

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Hi Diane, I think this one is the best one yet too. Perfect timing captured with the berry toss. Love the swath of berries under the bird. Sweet image.

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**Author:** ![Diane\_Miller](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/diane_miller/32/27391_2.png) [@Diane\_Miller](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Diane_Miller)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2025, 12:04am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/yummy/45049/6 "2025-01-25T00:04:50Z")

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Thanks, @Dennis_Plank, @Glenys_Passier, @Kris_Smith and @Allen_Sparks! I’m pretty happy with this one – it’s so hard to get a bird in the clear in this cluttered tree, and they like to hide behind even the tiniest sticks. I think I have a few more worth posting, if I can ever get out of the latest astro black hole I got sucked into.