Steller's Jay

[Terry Olmsted]

Taken 10/17/2008 Canon XTi 400mm 5.6 1/600s f5.6 ISO 1600 hand held

[Aidan Briggs]

Nice pose and perch. The whole image looks noisy, I would apply some NR to the BG. You might try lowering the ISO to 800 as 1/600 sec is plenty fast enough to obtain sharp images. The OOF leaves behind the bird are a bit distracting. Did you clone something out of the right side?

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Good comments from Aidan. I like the pose and excellent color and detail but find the BG a bit distracting. Many thanks for sharing Terry.

[Terry Olmsted]

Thanks very much for the critiques. I'll work on the BG and noise issues.

[Mark Schmitt]

Agree with everything above. What was your white balance. The colors are a bit on the cool side, say 6500 K. Could be a bit warmer.

[Linda Robbins]

Gorgeous subject and lovely pose, and the perch is different and interesting. Wish for less noise and a cleaner background.