Blue Jay

[Andrew McLachlan]

A Blue Jay from yesterday at my winter songbird set-up in the backyard.

Nikon D200
80-400 VR lens @ 200mm (300mm effective)
ISO 320
f8 @ 1/160 sec.

Look forward to comments.

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[Randy Stout]

Andrew:

That is one beautiful specimen of a blue jay. My back yard jays tend to be a bit more slaty blue.
Nice that the crest is up, love the perch, and the subtle background.
I might very slightly tone down the lighter leaf above and in front of his face, but the overall effect reminds me of an old, faded tapestry!

Cheers

Randy

[Angad Achappa]

The colors on this birdie are beautiful!! :) Lovely setting you got there. I would go with the above suggestion of toning down the above yellowish leaf.

[Gary Esman]

Awesome that you can get him in the open! Kinda shy over in this neck of the woods. Nice background and a beautiful bird.

Gary

[Andrew McLachlan]

Thanks for the comments guys. Much appreciated.