Scrub Jay

[Kerry Perkins]

Caught this fellow with his prize in the early morning foggy light. Got down low to get the angle and waited for "the look". I was hoping to capture those little jewels of dew and was delighted when I got home and saw that I did.

7D, EF400mm f/5.6L
Manual mode, f/5.6@1/800 ISO 400 WB 5100K
AI Servo autofocus, hand-held no flash

[Steve Deam]

Beautiful bird! I love the low angle and nice separation from the background. I really like the HA and the nut! The dew drops are a nice bonus.

I was fortunate to see quite a few Scrub Jays where we vacation in Florida .

[Kerry Perkins]

Thank you Steve! They are quite plentiful in Florida and we have quite a few out here too.

BTW, I am an Indiana native. Nice to see another Hoosier here!

[Paul Guris]

Nice light and pose, and agree that the dew drops really add to it.

FYI, the Florida Scrub-Jay and the Western Scrub-Jay (as well as the Island Scrub-Jay which is endemic to the Channel Islands off California) are all now considered to be different species.

[WIlliam Maroldo]

Early morning foggy light- my absolute favorite! Extremely well done image; exposure, composition, subject (especially with the acorn), and detail, all top notch. regards~Bill

[William Malacarne]

Kerry

Lucky you for having these.....very nice rendition of it also. I haven't seen one of these around our place since I think 2004-2005, when we had the outbreak of West Nile. The pigeons also left but are starting to return, also saw one Mockingbird last year for the first time since.

Bill

[David N Smith]

Nice capture Kerry. I like the look and I agree the dew was a bonus.

Dave

[nancy hazen]

Very Nice Kerry. I like the angle very much. He's got quite a little treat there. Great shot.
Nancy

[Matthew Pimm]

Lovely, lovely, photo.

It must be hard to get such sharp images handholding a non-IS lens like the 400 5.6L!

Something to aspire to.

Matthew