This is a Cedar Waxwing perched just outside the Kiwa trail entrance at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, taken early August 2010. It is one of the first images taken with my then new Canon 400mm f5.6L lens. I was on foot for this one and was using my monopod and flash. Flash power was intentionally subdued to act as fill flash (-2/3 stop flash EV). The bird was up in a tree about 12 feet and I wasn’t expecting it to be a keeper since it was in a partially shaded area. I think the flash provided some even lighting on the bird and the background didn’t turn out too bad. 1/250, f7.1, 400mm, ISO500, flash -2/3, EOS 40D.
Summer Waxwing
This is a Cedar Waxwing perched just outside the Kiwa trail entrance at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, taken early August 2010. It is one of the first images taken with my then new Canon 400mm f5.6L lens. I was on foot for this one and was using my monopod and flash. Flash power was intentionally subdued to act as fill flash (-2/3 stop flash EV). The bird was up in a tree about 12 feet and I wasn’t expecting it to be a keeper since it was in a partially shaded area. I think the flash provided some even lighting on the bird and the background didn’t turn out too bad. 1/250, f7.1, 400mm, ISO500, flash -2/3, EOS 40D.
My Gear:
- Canon EOS 5D Mark IV & Grip
- Canon EOS 7D Mark II
- Canon EF 500mm f4L IS II
- Canon EF 24-105mm f4L
- Canon EF 50mm f1.8
- Canon 1.4X III Extender
- Canon 2x III Extender
- Canon 580EX Flash
- Zoom H1 Recorder
- Better Beamer
- Manfrotto tripod/monopod
- Manfrotto Gimbal Head
- Sandisk Compact Flash Cards
- The Molar Bean Bag by Vertex
- Joby Gorillapod Focus & Ballhead
- Canon EG200 Backpack
- Storm Jacket Camera Cover
- Kinesis Safari Sack
- Original Bug Shirt Elite Edition
Software:
- Adobe Photoshop CC
- Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic
- Nik Color EFEX Pro 4
- Nik Sharpener 3
- Nik Dfine 2.0
- Nik Viveza 2
- Nik HDR Efex Pro 2
- Nik Silver Efex Pro 2
- Nik Analog Efex Pro