I ran one of this set of Cedar Waxwings from last Saturday on Google+ for #songbirdsaturday. They were taken at Roger’s Park in Kennebunk, Maine, on a day of ice coated snow and intermittent sun. I love the silkiness of the Waxwing’s feathers and intensity of the colors.

The first two are at 1680mm equivalent field of view, using full optical zoom on the Canon SX40HS (840mm equivalent) plus 2x digital tel-converter function and the last shot was at 1260mm equivalent using 1.5x digital tel-converter. All are hand held out the window of the car. Program with iContrast and –1/3EV exposure compensation.

1) f5.8 @ 1/250th @ ISO 100. 2 and 3) f5.8 @ 1/400th @ ISO 100.

Processed in Lightroom for Intensity and Sharpness.