Scrub Jay, Leucistic

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

Learned a new word over on Avian About Birds for this scrub jay. Still hanging out in the neighborhood.



D3 300f/2.8 + TC20EIII (600mm) f/8 1/4000 -0.67EV ISO2000 HH
Cloned branch, blurred bg (houses), large crop

Thought you might like to see the unusual pigmentation. Will keep trying for a better shot .

Cheers,

-Michael-

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Different perspective I like it. Better with a clean bottom edge. See the uneven layer at the bottom in photography we call that a triangle and try to remove when possible. In this case I would probably remove all the perch. Large crop probably affected IQ but not bad for all that motion. Nice techs, f/8 and a fast shutter. Scrub Jays have strong family ties and have an interesting social structure. If John chimes in he can tell about it. Keep em coming, I like the original look and great species.

[Bill Dix]

Interesting pigmentation, for sure. Attention is drawn to the bottom perch; at the least I might crop off the dark void at the very bottom. In a way, seeing at least some of the perch explains the flight pose to me. At 1/4000 it appears that the loss of detail isn't a motion blur, but might be due to focus on the perch more than the bird (in addition, of course, to the large crop).

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

Jeff, Bill,

Thanks much for your comments. Er, the in flight shot wasn't exactly planned... focus was locked on where the bird was before launch .

Cheers,

-Michael-