Cedar Waxwing eating a pyracantha berry

[Tim Johnson]

This photo was taken with natural backlighting to make the berries look translucent and to give the bird a slight halo. What do you think of the composition and exposure settings? Any suggestions for improvement of composition or exposure? I took the photo with a D500 camera and Tamron 150-600 mm G2 lens. Settings f/8, 1/500 sec, ev +1, ISO 1,280, focal length 580 mm.

 

[Butlerkid]

Welcome to BCG!

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[Tim Johnson]

Thanks.

 

[Tim Johnson]

I need to figure out how to make the file size smaller. Any suggestion?

 

[David Berry]

I need to figure out how to make the file size smaller. Any suggestion?

What photo editing app are you using, Tim?

 

[Tim Johnson]

Lightroom Mobile.I figured it out, finally

 

[David Berry]

Tim, that’s a beautiful image to start your many postings on BCG Forum.

I’ll guess that some members will make suggestions relating to how to lighten the area around the eye without making it look unnatural.

David

 

[K9Kirk]

I agree with David, it's very nice.