Gray Jay

[Mike Lentz]

aka... the camp robber. Image was taken recently in the Sax Zim bog of northern Minnesota.

Nikon D300 _ Nikkor 300mm F/2.8 w/1.4x Nikon TC
ISO 400 ~ F/6.3 ~ 1/640 sec ~ tripod

[Jim Fenton]

Beautiful subject Mike!

I would prefer a bit more room at the top, a little more on the right, a slight darkening of the bright spot on the perch and in stretching it, I think the image might be stronger if the berries on the left side weren't there?

[Harshad Barve]

beautiful HA , details and compo with complementing BG , Left side berries mentioned
TFS

[ramesh anantharaman]

hello mike,

i am totally enjoying this shot. the bird is so cute and i love the head angle as the cheeks stand out and give it a very baby look. the bg is amazing and the i like the expo too.

wishing you all the very best this christmas and new year.

ramesh

[Doug Brown]

I think Jim Fenton took the words right out of my mouth on this one. Nice light, and I like the splash of color the berries lend to the frame.