Jay

[Rich Steel]

Hi

I can never resist taking a photo of a jay. Normally shy birds, some regular feeding at a site, has produced frequent appearances by up to three birds. Great fun to watch as they pick up a large number peanuts and fly off nearby to bury them, before returning for the next batch.



Taken with 1Dmk3 and 500mm lens at ISO 400 F4, -0.33EV and 1/800s.

Cheers

Rich

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Very nice pose, light and details. I like this species, too. Grass settings often take away from the image but not here.

[Jim Poor]

I like the color and pose all around. A bit of a head turn?

[James Galletto]

Rich very nice image and to bird is cool too.

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

I like this image as is. Especially like the bg turning dark.
Nice sharpness on the face.
Szimi

[Linda Robbins]

Very nice pose, detail, and color. The soft darker shadows on the grass make the birds colors pop. What species of jay is this? I am unfamiliar with this one.

[Simon Bennett]

Excellent image Rich.

[Melvin Grey]

Beautiful variegated natural light has produced a very attractive image of this elusive bird - I assume it was taken from a hide? Unusual pose, with the tail and rump cocked round to the bird's left. Excellent quality (praise from a fellow Brit!)
The bird is a European Jay, Linda, Garrulus glandarius and very much more wary than most US jays!!
Melvin Grey

[Rich Steel]

Thanks for the comments. The shot was taken from my car which I can park along side the area I have been feeding. As Melvin kindly pointed out the bird is the European Jay which is only jay we have here in the UK.

Cheers

Rich

[Doug Brown]

Can't say the jays are shy in my neck of the woods. I like this photo for all the reasons outlined in the previous posts.

[Steve Ashton]

Well well... just been reading and commenting on your blog and then you pop up on here. As always Rich a great image well done.

[Valerio Tarone]

I know the bird, I shot it last summer in Italy. very good comp, colours,framing.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

A very stunning image and echo the aboe comments. Love the color and excellent detail !!! Thanks for sharing this beautiful species Rich !!

[Arthur Morris]

This one is lovely and all of the comments above are right-on. For me, the head angle is perfect. It looks as if the bird is spotlit. If it were mine, I would clean up a few of the specular highligths, esp. the large soft one near the frame-edge. The bird's bill is pointing right at it.

later and love and congrats, artie

[Ed Erkes]

I love the lighting!!!!!! Just beautiful!