Jay's In The Yard

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Canon 7D & 500MM + 1.4 TC
Manual set with light meter
1/1600
f/5.6
700MM
Full Frame
Al Servo/AF/Bean Bag (BLUBB)

LRII-->CS4

[Julie Brown]

Great pose, color, and detail here Jeff. Nice to see some grass and sunshine.

Maybe you could have used a post-crop vignette to tone down the edges of the BG?

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Jeff Appealing pose and food makes it that much better ! Exposure looks fine, just lots of light colors in the bg .. I like the suggestion for the edges, will focus attention on the bird !!! Sweet capture !!!

[Lance Peters]

Hi Jeff - like the pose and the food!
Like the suggestion to darken the corners - will focus the attention on the bird.
Sharp - exposure looks good.
Good Show :)

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

Love the low angle look, the food in the beak is a big plus, and you did very well in capturing that beautiful pattern on the wings, very beautiful. I might consider sharpening on the face a bit.

[Bob Miller]

Hi Jeff....nice capture! The low angle is great. i too think that some darkening of the edges would be helpful!

[Jeff Cashdollar]

I found this guy hunting acorns in the state park. Great advise given, I will try and repost with the suggestions.

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Good exposure Jeff and VG for FF. Might sharpen the eye a bit more:) Nice capture. like the acorn in the mouth.

[Bill Dix]

Hi Jeff. Great pose and head turn, and the acorn really makes it. I might consider taking a bit off the left side, as well as the suggested vignetting. Well done.

[Harold Davis]

i'm gonna wait for the repost! cant wait to see what you come up with C$!!!

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Repost - Darken BG away from Jay??

[Dave Mills]

Hi Jeff, You beat me on the repost. I wanted to show a different way of presentation. I wanted to focus in more on the bird so I cropped out a portion of the image. I also selected the backround and brought the brightness down a bit.
I like the birds angle and the fact he's holding an acorn....

[Jeff Cashdollar]

David.

Love the repost, maybe a tad tight - looks better IMO more attention on the subject - thanks.

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Jeff Here is my take on this one Just a little darkening of bright areas, tiny on the bird and lightening the eye I like the slightly tighter version Dave posted, maybe a tiny less crop !! Like I told you, a good image any way you slice it !!

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Al eye looks better, agree with you and Dave on composition - thanks.