I had a goal this weekend to finally make some decent photos of blue jays as well as several other winter species here in the Midwest. I used a setup for this one using whole nuts for the jays (they love them). I like the head angle on this, but I don't know if it's body is angled to much toward the camera or if the crop is too tight. I have several where the bird is parallel to the camera, but thought I would post this to get some opinions first. The perch isn't my favorite either. I have been making myself use LR2 more and it is growing on me. I am looking forward to hearing some opinions on this one. Thanks!
Canon 1D Mk3
Canon 600mm f/4
ISO 250, 1/400th @ f/8
Eval meter, Av mode -1/3
Subject dist=10.8 M
No flash
LR2, crop, some cloning, lightened eye, sharpen
Agree a different perch would have been better. With that being said, the pose and background are very nice.
Even though they are abundant, they are a tough bird to capture. Nice job!
great work sir... actually i loved the BG its amazing... i've never seen or captured this bird, but still i feel IMHO that the head and beak is not in focus i would have loved that for my taste.... i am too poor in PP... hope to see some experts on it...
I like the angle, soft light, head angle and BG. I would sharpen the bird some more and run NR on the BG. Maybe you could experiment with a smaller perch that still allows you to hide the treats.
Ran NR on BG, sharpened bird. I guess I need to make sure to oversharpen for the web b/c it looks fine posted, but very over-sharpened in LR2. Thanks for the advice. I need to search for a more delicate, more attractive perch next time. :)
Blue Jay at setup
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