Scrub Jay

[Harold Davis]

taken outside jonathan dickenson state park.

D300, Bigma at 370mm, f/7.1, 1/1250s, 0EV, ISO 400, flash fill no beamer at -1.7EV

thanks for looking. comments and critiques are welcome!

[Dave Phillips]

very nicely composed and processed image.
A very unusual and pleasing pose on this one.

Still a good bit of BG noise I believe, but congrats on a super image

[Fabs Forns]

Hey, son, this is terrific! Neat and pristine. You are going to have eto take your Mom out there sometime!

[Norm Dulak]

Very nice image, although I'd probably crop a bit of the space to the left of the bird out. I also wonder how the bird became doubly banded.

Norm Dulak

[Maxis Gamez]

This is very nice Harold. Love the BG and looks very sharp.

[Phil Ertel]

Hi Harold, The background is lovely. The pose is pleasing. The bird seems as interested in you as you are in it. If not more! Sharp with good detail. Good use of fill flash. Well done.

[Mike Tracy]

Nice exposure, pose, detail and the back ground is perfect albeit the noise. I would place him more to the left to get his eye from being as centered left and right in the frame.

[Alfred Forns]

... you can drag me along also :)

I like it all, good bg, pose, well exposed and sharp !!! Big Congrats !!!

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice pose, love the slightly open bill. Great light, and BG. The perch could be better as the broken off parts kinda spoils it. Yes, as pointed out by Mike, the eye may be horizontally centered in the frame...but! there is much more room in front of the bill as there is behind the tail therefore the bird in its entirety is well placed within the frame.

[denise ippolito]

Harold, Very nice details and pose. Nice composition . BG colors are fantastic! Well done.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Very striking image Harold and a killer BG. These birds are such fun to watch and photograph. Congratulations on a lovely clean image.

[Harold Davis]

thanks everyone! i appreciate the comments.