Photographed in Algonquin Park earlier this week while photographing foxes and martens. These jays are rather friendly and will feed in the hand, much like a larger version of a chickadee.
Happy New Year to all on BPN, wishing you happiness, health, blessings, and many excellent photo ops for 2016!!
Canon 7D + 500mm f/4 II, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/250s., f/4, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, original vertical composition slightly cropped to help the comp, eye work including adding a catchlight, NR to the BG.
I do not have a single image in my files of a gray jay so am really enjoying this image.
Great comp and love the perch and the snow.
I would smooth out the 2 dark circles in the BG above the jay's head.
Great PP on the eye. Would never have known it was not natural.
Gail
Great image, Daniel. What a cutie you captured so well. Wonderful snow covered pine branches and especially like your crop. Overcast light, BG, and eye work exceptional.
Love this shot Daniel! Reminds me of the one time I saw a Gray Jay about 20 years ago. They were feeding out of my hand, landing on my hat and the like very friendly! No nits from me :)
Gray Jay.
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