Green Jay

[Krijn Trimbos]

One from Texas, where I spend 1 month together with Jasper Doest taking pictures at a ranch in the Rio Grande Valley. This set-up shot is one I am very happy with. I am pretty green when it comes to set-ups and hart was pounding in my chest when I saw this guy landing on one of my perches.

Even though the end of the tail is cut off I was very happy with the attentive pose. I cropped this one as I felt this pose allowed for a tighter crop. Some might find the perch a bit too bright but I toned it down already and felt this was ok.

Hope you agree

Canon EOS 7D 1/320 f9
ISO 800
Canon 300mm L USM F2.8 + 2x Converter
Beanbag

[Axel Hildebrandt]

The curious pose, eye contact and BG make this one for me, interesting perch, too. I might put the bird a tad further to the right in the frame.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Wow, what a beautiful bird.. loved the pose, nice details and good setting.. I really love the bird...

[Hendri Venter]

What a beautiful bird. You captured great detail and a very nice pose. Well done.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Krijn, the pose is terrifc...so is the perch. A riot of colors. Excellent DOF work and beautiful bokeh.

A little crop from right will work better IMO...because the bird is not looking that way. I find the contrast a bit on the higher side.

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Beautiful bird Krijn, and I love the perch - do not find it too bright. I like the negative space on the right :)

[arash_hazeghi]

nice pose, perch and BG, I like to see more detail in the blacks and would also sharpen the chest area feathers more. Agree with moving the bird a bit to the right. TFS

[Simon Bennett]

I like the quizzical pose and colours. Nice perch too.

[Krijn Trimbos]

nice pose, perch and BG, I like to see more detail in the blacks and would also sharpen the chest area feathers more. Agree with moving the bird a bit to the right. TFS

Thanks people for all the comments.

Arash, I agree with your compositional point but don't really understand the sharpening suggestion you made. From my end the sharpness of the breast feathers is already borderline. I think I will keep the blacks as they are, on my monitor there is plenty of detail showing......

In any case thanks a bunch for the comments, very much apprieciated!

Cheers,

Krijn

[Doug Brown]

Excellent pose, perch, and BG. Sharpness looks good on my monitor; the 300mm f/2.8 really does well with a 2x and good technique. Most of the blacks have detail; the only exception on my monitor is the black in front of the eye.

[Nico Steenberg]

Great exposure and pose. IMG is sharp and the colours spot on. Like the eye contact and bg. Well done !