Blue Jay - Snacking

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Tech:
EV = -2/3
1/800
f /5.6
ISO = 500
Canon 40D
400MM 5.6 L
Morning light
Gitzo 3530 LS
Mongoose

Workflow:
CR2--->LRII (25% crop & minor color adjustments)---TIFF--->NN (2 passes full strength)-----TIFF---->CS4 (sharpen and Web-save)--->JPEG.

[Gus Cobos]

An unusual pose Jeff,
I like it...you have a very good head angle and sharp eye...the little guy is daring you to catch him if you can...:eek::D You have a good composition, image and capture...good show...looking forward to your next one...:cool:

[Lance Peters]

Hi Jeff - cheeky little bugger - isn't he. Agree with Gus on the techs. It is a unusal pose - but I like it.

Looking forward to more :)

[Alfred Forns]

The little forward lunge does it for me I like it a lot !!! Good placement favoring the left side and just the right amount of room around the bird !!!

[Julie Kenward]

I like him, too but I think you could pull back the saturation on the blues just a bit. You might also try a curves adjustment to pop the white on his throat a bit more.

[Harold Davis]

i like the pose too. did you mask the bird from the noise reduction? looks kinda smooth to me?

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Agree with techs above. Wondering about Harold's comment about NR, bird does look smooth. Nice capture though.

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Use NN on entire image and brush over bird to reverse effects.