Green Jays on Prickly Pear Cactus

[Alan Murphy]

Green Jays

Workshop: Laguna Seca Ranch, South Texas

D3, 600, ISO 800, f9, 1/1250.

Lot's of fun setups this morning with tons of action. It was hard to pick an image from our last workshop day.
Heading home tomorrow for a two week break before heading back down here again.
These guys were fighting over the seed I placed in a carved out hole in the purple cactus fruit.

[Randy Stout]

Alan:

Great interaction here, dynamic poses, very interesting perch, sharp, well exposed.

I might consider toning down the luminosity of the large flat portion of the cactus just a bit so it doesn't have quite as much 'weight' in the image, just personal taste.

Sounds like a very successful outing.

Cheers

Randy

[Dan Behm]

Beautiful capture Alan, Love the squabbling taking place between the 2 birds. Tthe overall colors are all very complimenting and lends itself to a vibrant and fun image!

[Maya Raut]

This is incredible image. Excellent details, nice DOF to have both the birds sharp and great action.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Love the great interaction here