Jay (Garrulus glandarius)

[Jonathan Ashton]

A little more fun with the Jays in the back garden.

Olympus E-M1MarkIII
Focal Length : 150.0mm
Focal length in 35 mm film : 300.0mm
Exposure mode : Manual exposure
ISO Sensitivity : 2500
Exposure compensation : 0.0 EV
Shutter : 1/4000 sec
Aperture : F3.2

ACR/PSCC

[Joseph Przybyla]

Hi Jon, your back garden is giving you some nice opportunities. Nice image of the jay. Good sharpness on the near wing, body and head. I am not familiar with this jay but the colors look good, pure background. Thank you for sharing.

[Brian Sump]

Jon, I like the pano at lot here. And tack sharp on this one, even out to the anterior primaries... nice @ f3.2.

Great eye contact and view of the talons. I like everything about the canvas sans the brighter [trees trunks?] going vertically on left and right. Evicting those would make a massive impact I think, and I'd love just a slight punch via curves as it feels a touch flat.

Well done overall getting this image.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Thanks Jo glad you like it.
Brian I think you make good points, it could stand a little more punch but I always try to capture what I saw, I did as you would expect play around with various parameters before posting, in the end I went for this as opposed to something being more pictorial of dramatic. The out of focus tree trunks have been attenuated, again a matter of taste, I wanted to retain the woodland background so we can appreciate the typical habitat. Smooth featureless backgrounds have their place but this was a natural setting that I wanted to portray.

[Volkan Akgul]

Hi Jon,

very good... congratulations!

[William Dickson]

Well done John.....not an easy task....Colours look spot on....I can hear Brian regarding the trees....personally I would 'soften' the edges on the tree trunks.......but, yes, it does look natural....

Will

[John Mack]

Looks as if the brakes are on. Nice and sharp with good detail.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Yiiihaaaa Jon .... killer BIF shot , IMHO.
Looks good to me on all counts .... do not mind the BG .... !!!!
Brilliant work

TFS Andreas