Green Jay basking in warm evening light

[Sidharth Kodikal]

A basic bird on a stick image, but I liked the light and bg.

I had not finished setting up perches etc. yet when this guy popped and posed for me.

A bit of perch clean up.

For my 100th thread, I figured I'd post one of my favorite species.

Canon 1D4, 700mm,
1/1000, f7.1, iso 500

All comments appreciated

[vishaljadhav]

Sid Congrats on the 100th thread, a wonderful image for it too
The yellow and light green are always colors one tends to do over in that type of light , you have managed them so perfectly, background compliments the bird pretty well
and the icing on the cake is the bird giving the head turn probably knowing it would be the 100th
Amazing exposure and a classic image over all

[Karl Egressy]

Beutiful image, Sidharth. I like the angle of the bird in the frame as well as the head angle. The colours are amazing.

[Jonathan Ashton]

You appear to have the bird in an ideal plane and the focus is spot on as is the exposure. An excellent image.
I hesitate to criticise as the image is so good but I would suggest a more interesting perch would enhance the image, as would just a hint of blotchiness (is there such a word?) in the background.

[Sachin Saraf]

This is absolutely beautiful image Sid..Love the light, details, exposure, Pose and BG...Great work..

[dankearl]

Stunning light and beautiful bird!
Very well done in every aspect!

[PhilCook]

Sweet shot for sure, great looking bird, it's posing nicely and liking the angle of the stick a lot.well done

[Jeannean Ryman]

I love green jays too, and you sure got a nice shot of one! My only suggestion would be to burn the blues a bit. They seem really light on my monitor. Beautiful!

[Doug Brown]

Green Jays are really cool, and you've done a great job of capturing this bird. I do agree with Jeannean about the blues.

[Frank Schauf]

Excellent image quality, great details and sharpness.

[mohammad reza shahab]

Stunning light and beautiful looking bird.great details and BG.

[RichardCurtin]

Beautiful image and subject. Congratulations on #100.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Thanks for all the feedback folks.

Jon, agree on the perch. The plan was to setup my own perches. This guy appeared before I had a chance to do that. These are sneaky buggers and didn't easily pose like this. Given the light and the bg, I took it.

Jeannean, Doug - good call on the blues. Fixed.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nothing wrong with a well done basic bird on a stick image, and this one looks pretty darn good. Evrythnig looks great to me, and here's to another 100 threads!!

[gail bisson]

I am late to the party Sid but congrats on 100 posts.
You have posted a beauty even if it is a BOAS!!
Love the light and the colors,
Gail

[Lorant Voros]

Beautiful bird, very clean background, good pose and head angle and maybe a basic bird on the stick image, but looks pretty good. I have these guys in my backyard and I can't get them to come down to ground level. Maybe too many cats roaming around the gardens....:-)

Well done and congrats for the 100th.

[arash_hazeghi]

awesome Sidharth, what a great image to celebrate. everything is perfect here

congrats

[Satish Ranadive]

Sidharth:
Simple and very very sweet image of beautiful bird with magical colors,beautiful lights,great details,nice BG and very nice composition.
Love the frame.

Regards,
Satish.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Thanks again, everyone.