Gray Jay.

[Karl Egressy]

Conditions were not perfect but when they are.
(I little head turn towards the camera would have been appreciated )
Thanks for looking.

Canon 1D MIV
Canon 500 f4.0 L IS II.
ISO 1250
f 5.0
1/400 s
fill flash

[Lyle Gruby]

The bird, perch, BG, and light quality are beautiful. Great work with the highlights. Just the slightest of head turns would take this up a notch as you mentioned. A little more DOF could have helped get a little more of the tail in focus. Beautiful work overall.

[Daniel Cadieux]

You are correct about the head angle, and I sortof wish the tail was behind the perch (and a nice perch it is), but other than that you did very well. Neat BG too with some interest-adding colour scheme.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image. Beautiful colors, nice details, interesting perch, lovely BG and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[christopher galeski]

agree with comments above,but like the BG,light,and pose.

[Mervyn Marsh]

Hey beautiful shot, bird looks very sharp and nice pose.

Cheers,

Merv

[Jonathan Ashton]

Excellent use of flash, pleasant pose on an interesting perch, that irritating slight head turn would have made all the difference but nevertheless a fine shot.