Gray Jay, take 2

[dankearl]

A similar photo to the other one I posted, using Arthur Morris's and others suggestions for this one.
A very large crop at iso2000, maybe only 20% of the image. I removed all the branch off shoots and
smoothed out the BG.

1/500, f5.6 (300f2.8 w/ 1.7tc), iso2000, D800, HH


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[Miguel Palaviccini]

ISO 2000 and only 20% of the image! Wow, that is some very nice detail you got there! I'll have to look back to see the other image that you posted, but the suggestions look like they were good ones as this one turned out great.

[christopher galeski]

very nice,beautiful BG,good pose,some nice detail.thanks.

[Nico Steenberg]

Great pose ans details against a killer bg. Well done

[arash_hazeghi]

cool pose and nice details. some whites were blown on the forehead and chick area and you may want to define the catchlight a bit better

[Karl Egressy]

Striking image, Dan. I'm heading North very soon, hope to find them there.

[Robert Holguin]

Very nice shot. Wonderful background, great pose, and for it being such a large crop there is a lot of detail.
Very well done.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Cool pose and nice BG, I also like the eye contact and wish the perch was a bit darker.

[gareth thomson]

Very pretty image with the curved perch, the pose, and that gorgeous background. Can some of the detail on the forehead be recovered or is it, as Arash commented, blown? Regardless, lovely image. (gt)

[Jon Rista]

That's an amazing photo! The detail is amazing for being only 20% of the frame (although I guess that's the benefit of the D800). I really like the composition...the parallel arrangement of the branch and the birds tail is great. The background boke is just stunning. Fantastic work!