Black Headed Jay

[Pramod Viswanath]

Made this image in the foot hills of Himalayas a little while ago.

Canon 30D, Canon 300 F2.8 L IS USM + Canon 2x, F7.1, ISO 160, 1/500s

[Vincent Grafhorst]

What a beautiful bird Pramod and a very good photo with perfect exposure. I would only have placed the bird a bit more to the right.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Beautiful bird, nice eye contact and BG. I would apply some NR on the BG, put him a tad further to the right in the frame and wish for a bit more head turn toward you. Could you have moved to your left? Thanks for sharing!

[Pramod Viswanath]

Thanks for that Axel. I couldn't have move to my left. Had I done that then there would have been another distracting perch at the foreground :(

[Doug Brown]

This is a tough crowd! I like this photo a lot. I might crop a bit off the top and move the bird to the right a little, but it's a beautiful bird, a nice perch, and a clean BG. Thanks for posting!

[Keith Carver]

I really like this image. It pulls me around to see what the front of this bird looks like, a little mystique. Sharp bird, excellent colors and lovely background which doesn't seem noisy on my monitor. The wood perch has lots of character. I agree it would have been nice to have the bird a little to the right, but that wasn't possible, and overall this is excellent.

[Arthur Morris]

Wonderful bird, wonderful image. Sharp, with good EXP control. I am fine with the COMP. Only wish for a bit more head turn and that the tail did not overlap the perch. Also EXC use of d-o-f with the over the shoulder pose. Way to go!

[Philip Lombard]

What a beauty, super job.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Stunning image with excellent exposure, color and detail. Sure would love to have this one in my files. Thanks for sharing Pramod !!