Stellar's Jay

[Nancy Bell]

Photographed yesterday early A.M. during yet another spring snowstorm. However, during bad weather I find that the birds are less jumpy as they are very interested in food. Normally the Stellar's Jays take flight if you point a camera their way. I photographed through an open 2nd floor window above the seed & suet feeders, using the window frame for support. The bkgd trees are aspen.

Canon 1D Mark IV, Canon 400 f4 DO IS, 1/500, f5.6, ISO 500, exp. comp. +1

[Marina Scarr]

Amazing details and colors on your jay, Nancy. Love the head turn. Wish he weren't quite so large in the frame.

[PhilCook]

Liking very much the light in the eye with the great head turn...from an arid lands Aussies point of view = I like the snow on the branch. Maybe a bit big in the frame, but the detail is rather nice

[David Salem]

Great job on the exposure Nancy. Killer feather detail and the eye is very crisp. I like the tighter crop although I would add some to the top. Nice work,

[Nancy Bell]

Thanks all! Actually I was surprised that the jay was in focus since I was sure it was too close! David, thanks for the suggestion to add to the top, easy to do.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I too find it tight in the frame but I do like the details and love the blue colour. I also like the wintery feel to the image (altough I'm gladly done with winter for this season...)

[vishaljadhav]

Nice one
the bird is very close, nice colors
The headturn surely is lovely and adds a lot, i love the details

[Nancy Bell]

Thank you for the feedback. I'll go back to the original and re-crop with more space.