Green Jay portrait

[Jeff Parker]

A shot from the morning photography workshop I held at the Laredo Birding Festival last weekend.

Camera Model: Canon EOS 7D
Shutter speed: 1/160 sec
Aperture: 4
Exposure mode: Av
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 400
Lens: EF600mm f/4L IS USM

[Neil Nourse]

Beautiful colors, If mine, I would have liked a bit more DOF.

[Allen Hirsch]

Eye and bill sharpness are great, and the color is stunning.

It looks like you didn't have lots of light to work with, given your techs, but I agree with Neil about the DOF.

[Michael Lloyd]

I like it. I have a couple of Green Jay shots from Choke Canyon but they are not perched (on the ground).

One of the things that I like about the 600 f4 is it's buttery smooth background when shot wide open. Unfortunately, when you are close to the subject, DOF is razor thin. All things considered, I like it...

[Aidan Briggs]

Agree with the others on the nice light and exposure. The problem is less a DOF issue and more that the image is front focused, with the stick on the left side of the frame sharper than the bird.