Gray Jay.

[Karl Egressy]

An other shot of the Gray Jay.
Thanks for looking.

Canon 1D MIV
Canon 500 f4.0 L IS II.
ISO 800
1/320 s
f5.6
fill flash

[Randy Stout]

Karl:

Handsome bird, very interesting perch material,soft light, well exposed and sharp.

Even though I like the perch material, I might try to crop a bit more of it away to emphasize the bird. I would consider a bit form the bottom and the right to keep the proportions balanced.

Cheers

Randy

[Karl Egressy]

Karl:

Handsome bird, very interesting perch material,soft light, well exposed and sharp.

Even though I like the perch material, I might try to crop a bit more of it away to emphasize the bird. I would consider a bit form the bottom and the right to keep the proportions balanced.

Cheers

Randy

Thanks Randy. I did what you suggested.
Here it is.

[Tiago Caravana]

The bird looks great, good light and details.

The repost looks better. For me the problem with the perch is that it has almost the same color as the bird, thus it gets a little bit confusing

All the best!
Tiago

[MohsenVahedipour]

Excellent pose, perch, BG & light. The repost looks much better in term of composition. TFS

[Randy Stout]

Karl:

I think you repost nicely addresses the visual balance of perch and bird.

Cheers

Randy

[Daniel Cadieux]

I prefer the placement of the subject in the OP, but I see where Randy is going about the perch. Super nice BG, and the jay looks very nice. The bit of red above the head is neat too.