Scrub-Jay stretching

[EdNguyen]

This photo was taken at Ed Levin Park in Milpitas, California. Shot handheld with a Canon 1D mark III and 800mm f/5.6L IS lens (1/800s, f/5.6, ISO 400)


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[Joe Senzatimore]

Fine moment caught. Wish for a better perch and some more light on the head.

[EdNguyen]

Fine moment caught. Wish for a better perch and some more light on the head.

Thanks for the comment, Joe. I will try brightening the shadow side of the bird.

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[Arthur Morris]

Way-cool pose. The bright light on the right caused the underexposure and drags the eye away from the subject. What caused the brightness there?

[EdNguyen]

Way-cool pose. The bright light on the right caused the underexposure and drags the eye away from the subject. What caused the brightness there?

Thanks, Arthur. The bright light was sunlight streaming through tree branches from the right. The left side was in the shade. I spotted the scrub-jay as it landed on a picnic table out of nowhere. My window of opportunity was only a few seconds before the bird flew away. I took a series of shots in "burst" mode, but the flash only fired in the first photo. This is the second photo from the series without flash, thus the underexposed left side.

[EdNguyen]

I have brightened the image a little bit more. Let me know what you think of this repost

[Kiran Poonacha]

repost looks good bhai, try and add some space around.. still a fine image..

[Rohan Kamath]

excellent pose...the re-post looks better bout the composition is too tight for my taste... btw handheld with an 800mm... WOW you must have strong arms :D :D

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[Glenda Simmons]

What a great pose with the wings, spread! I'm sure you did not have any extra room at the top to work with, that would have been nice. Like you say, no time to really make adjustments, just fire and hope you get something, which you did! Very nice.

[EdNguyen]

repost looks good bhai, try and add some space around.. still a fine image..

Thanks, Kiran. The top of the bird's left wing was mostly clipped in the original image. I didn't crop anything at all from the top of the image. I'll try to add more canvas to the top later.

[EdNguyen]

excellent pose...the re-post looks better bout the composition is too tight for my taste... btw handheld with an 800mm... WOW you must have strong arms :D :D

Thanks, Rohan. The 800 is actually two pounds lighter than the 600, and about the same weight as the 500 plus a 2x TC. The 800 was heavy at first, but I got used to the weight after a few days of handholding.

[EdNguyen]

What a great pose with the wings, spread! I'm sure you did not have any extra room at the top to work with, that would have been nice. Like you say, no time to really make adjustments, just fire and hope you get something, which you did! Very nice.

Thanks, Glenda. You're right, I didn't have much room at the top. It would have been nice to have some :). Adding more canvas to the top would be time-consuming since the background includes both highlight and shadow.