Blue Jay

[Jim Crosswell]

Here is another spring image from my backyard setup. All C&Cs are welcome and appreciated.

Canon 40D
500L f4
1.4 Extender
ISO 500
f/7.1
160s
Tripod

[Randy Stout]

Jim:

This is quite nice, and since I have had essentially no luck with jays, appreciate it even more.

Sharp, nicely posed, interesting perch, and the little bump up in the middle reduces its bulk in the frame, a plus for me.

Nice background. I could see having just a sliver more room on top, but nice as posted. Good catchlight.

Any flash used here?

Cheers

Randy

[Jim Crosswell]

Thanks for the comments and suggestion Randy. This image is natural light. The one area of the natural catchlight looks a little brighter.

[Satish Ranadive]

Marvelous image.I loved the colors..

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Jim, Ive only ever seen these Blue Jays from this site, and have always enjoyed the different hues of blue these guys have. Good stately pose, against a lovely clean BG. I would maybe selectively sharpen the head a touch more. The focus looks like it was on the back of the wing.

[arash_hazeghi]

nice BG and pose, light and perch are great too. I agree with Stu regarding more sharpening on the head, it appears there was some motion blur given the shutter speed.

[Nico Steenberg]

Great soft light and exposure with good detail. The bg is a killer. A super IMG !!!!