Western Scrub Jay

[James Salywoda]

Western Scrub Jay
Southern California


Nikon D7000 AFS 600 F4
1/2000 F8 ISO 800

Thanks For Looking

Jim

[Pieter de Waal]

Excellent James nice soft light and great feather detail. Like the habitat and love the BG.

[Bill Dix]

Good one, Jim. Ditto the above comments: love the beautiful BG contrasted with the sharp detail of the head. And the slightly open beak. Wonderful soft light.

[John Guastella]

+1 on the above comments. Also love how the patches of blue sky complement the bird's colors.

If the image were mine, I would have cloned out the twig emerging vertically to the bird's left. On the other hand, that twig does frame the bird nicely when combined with the vertical twigs to the bird's right. Perhaps the solution would be to clone the left twig down a bit (perhaps to a height at around the bird's body) so that it doesn't distract the viewer from the bird's face?

John

[Jim Crosswell]

Sharp, detailed image of this Jay in its habitat. Nice image James!

[Danny J Brown]

Hey Jim,

And you nailed him in the "scrub" for sure! Good work.

DB

[Mikko Viljamaa]

Nice one James. I would clone out that other "catch light" from the eye. Did you try this as a vertical one?

Mikko

[Craig Brelsford]

Excellent work on the exposure, James, and what the perch lacks in neatness it makes up for in true-to-life scrubbiness.