Proud Blue Jay

[gail bisson]

The light in this image reminds me of a studio shot!
Canon 1DX
IS1600 6.3 1/1250
Comments and critiques always appreciated and learned from with thanks.
Bird attracted with peanuts at set-up in my backyard. He did not land on my set-up but a broken tree along the treeline of our property.
Gail

[Karl Egressy]

I like the pose, light on the bird and the excellent details, Gail. Common bird but hard to get them posing.

[Grace Scalzo]

That is a beautiful backdrop. Nice dof and sweet pose.

[annmpacheco]

Gorgeous pose and perfect exposure. love the bokeh and dof you chose. details show nicely throughout, keep those "studio shots" coming! well done.

[dankearl]

The BG is really nice... takes this a notch up.

[shane shacaluga]

Lovely pose and killer BG!!

The perch also works for me

TFS

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Gail, what a perfect pose and HA - he posed nicely in your studio. Ive always liked the blues on these birds, and the finer plumage shows up nicely. I really like the colours in the BG, and how they blend in together.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Wonderful details and colours, I like it very much. I hope you get some more there that is a lovely setting.
I did download it and applied a luminosity mask and lifted the darker elements a little bit, I like it but you know the colours better than I.

[Bill Dix]

One of our most beautiful birds, often neglected. Great pose and fabulous background that does indeed look like a studio backdrop.

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Agree it's very much like studio lighting, Gail. You also captured a very nice subtle hair light. What an exceptional pose and beautiful BG.



Geoffrey

[Randy Stout]

Gail:

I have mobs of blue jays here, but have found them singularly uncooperative re: posing, so well done! Lighting, pose, great.

This is a very subjective thing, but for some reason I like it when the subject is looking towards the lighter area of the frame. (towards the light, so to speak). I believe it is because our eye is drawn to the lighter areas of the frame, so it seems most natural to have the bird facing that way. Now if the birds just understood simple compositional rules, it would be easy!

I should be out shooting, and not typing, so forgive my artsy comment.

Cheers

Randy

[Joseph Przybyla]

What not to like, beautiful bird, perfect perch, perfect exposure, exceptional detail. Thank you for sharing, Gail.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the exposure control, HA, details, pose and winter BG colors. Beautiful bird and image Gail!

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image. Very nice profile pose, beautiful colour scheme, lovely lights, superfine feather details and nice composition.

Regards,
Satish.