BlueJay w/ Peanut

[denise ippolito]

Canon 40D
500mm
ISO 400
1/400 SEC. AT F/5.6
CROPPED

[Gus Cobos]

Excellent capture Denise. I like the up close and in your face pose. Yoy have good color rendition and sharp details. The eye says it all...I like the yellow hues in the background. My suggestion would be to run a pass of noise reduction for the background...well done...congrats...:cool:

[Harold Davis]

nice eye!! on the bird and you!!! love the bg. agree with gus on a round of NR. did you get any without the peanut?

[Alfred Forns]

Really good Denise !!! Impressed !! btw is the catchlight natural? Got a keeper !!!!

[denise ippolito]

Alfred, yes the catchlight is natural-Do you know anything about that software called noise ninja

[Nonda Surratt]

Denise..COOL! Really nice job and I love the detail and eye!

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Funny Denise. Like how you have cropped it. NR as mentioned and might sharpen the eye just a little. Love the BG and the peanut!!!

[Doug Brown]

Great pose, and I like the square crop. I would sharpen the eye and the feathers around the eye. Noise Ninja is a great program for reducing noise. You can purchase it as a standalone program or as a Photoshop plug-in. I run Noise Ninja on the backgrounds of 100% of my photos.

[Jeni Williams]

Super detail. Really like the crop! Also use Noise Ninja on a lot of my bg's.

[Lance Peters]

Hi Denise - beautiful, love the details and the BG - agree about the BG noise.
:)

[Phil Ertel]

Ahhh nuts (pun intended) :D all of the my observations have been covered. Just wanted to add that I like this image. Well done.

Phil

[Oscar Zangroniz]

D, this has got to be one of your best. Love everything about this shot.
Big time congrats