Green Jay 2

[Kurt Bowman]

Here's another image from my time at Santa Clara Ranch. Seed was used to in the setup

A1
200-600mm at 600mm
1/800 at f/6.3
ISO 3200

[Jonathan Ashton]

Nicely composed, I am guessing this is a set up..... there are a couple of areas where I think the branch has been snapped. I would be inclined to lift the darks, some are inky black and no detail. The hint of colour variation in the background enhances the presentation.

[Andreas Liedmann]

hi Kurt .... attractive bird on nice perch with a good posing and killer bg , nothing more to wish for imho.

basically all does look good to me , love the color palette . personally I think you can afford a touch more brightness and try to coax out more detail if the bird does show them in real life . if there bird does have the blacks that deep I would leave it as is .

killer shot , nice work and tfs Andreas

[jack williamson]

I love it when almost everything in an image is in the same plane of focus, ( except the background). Exposure, sharpness and image design-- spot on.

Jack

[Arthur Morris]

I like it. Addressed a few broken barely noticeable broken branches, lightened the face a bit and sharpened it with a Contrast Mask. I only wish the lens had been pointed down an inch or so to get the bottom of the Y-perch.

with love, artie