Blue jay

[Francis Bossé]

http://www.exonet.qc.ca/ppn/ppn1014.jpg
Marque de l'appareil : Canon
Modèle de l'appareil : Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Date et heure de la photo : 2008:11:09 09:56:28
Utilisation du flash : Non
Distance focale : 500.0mm
Largeur CCD : 4.17mm
Durée d'exposition : 0.0050 s (1/200)
Ouverture : f/7.1
Équivalence ISO : 400
Balance des blancs : manuelle
Exposition : manuelle
Mode d'exposition : manuelle

Taken at home... Not sure about the colors,contrast and all since I'm using a new computer and I'm not so sure how well I calibrated the monitor...

Thanks for looking...

[Paul Marcellini]

Very nice capture. They are so common but seem to be camera shy for me. This has a very pleasing complementary background and I like the slight head raise.

[Nagesh Mula]

Great Job Francis, for me the art is to show even a very common bird in a beautiful fashion and you are succesful here.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the soft light, details, perch and BG. The right part of the eye looks a bit odd on my monitor.

[Dave Mills]

You handled this image beautifully. Lighting, backround, positioning etc is very nice. Good job!

[Daniel Cadieux]

Hi Francis. I love the gnarly perch and the BG. Perect pose too. I do find a bit of a reddish cast that gives the jay a purplish look to it. I used color balance to reduced the reds here and upped the saturation on the blues to give the jay a look like I'm familiar with. I also gave the eye a quick fix...not the best, but better considering the low amount of pixels to work with.